Lightbox2

by Lokesh Dhakar
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Lightbox is small javascript library used to overlay images on top of the current page. It's a snap to setup and works on all modern browsers.

Examples

Single images

thumb-1 thumb-1

An image set

Plants: image 1 0f 4 thumb Plants: image 2 0f 4 thumb Plants: image 3 0f 4 thumb Plants: image 4 0f 4 thumb

Download

Lightbox
v2.6

Lightbox2 is open-source.
View and fork the code on Github.

How to use

Step-by-step instructions

Part 1 - Get setup

  1. Download and unzip the latest version of Lightbox from above.
  2. Look inside the js folder to find jquery-1.10.2.min.js and lightbox-2.6.min.js and load both of these files from your html page. Load jQuery first:
    <script src="js/jquery-1.10.2.min.js"></script>
    <script src="js/lightbox-2.6.min.js"></script>
    
  3. Look inside the css folder to find lightbox.css and load it from your html page:
    <link href="css/lightbox.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    
  4. Look inside the img folder to find close.png, loading.gif, prev.png, and next.png. These files are used in lightbox.css. By default, lightbox.css will look for these images in a folder called img.

Part 2 - Turn it on

Help

Bugs

If you find a bug, create an issue on Github. Include your operating system and browser version along with detailed steps to reproduce the bug.

Feature requests

If you want a feature added, please create an issue on Github. Someone else or I might be able to help out. No guarantees.

Support questions

If you have a question that is not a bug or a feature request, your best chance of getting an answer is by following these steps:

  1. Search Stackoverflow.
  2. Create a new question on Stackoverflow.

Older versions

See a change log and access older versions on the Github releases page.

Lightbox2 created by Lokesh Dhakar
Blog - Twitter - Github