simplelightbox
Touch-friendly image lightbox for mobile and desktop with jQuery
Features
- responsive
- touchfriendly
- swipe gestures for next/previous image
- easy to install, easy to use
- minimalistic
- Only some css is included. You can change the style like you want!
- lots of options
- preloading next and previous image
- Android, iOs and Windows phone support
- CSS3 Transitions with fallback for older browsers
- Works in every modern Browser, even in IE 9+
- Can use jQuery 1.x,2.x and 3.x
- Keyboard support
Install
//Bower
bower install simplelightbox
//NPM
npm install simplelightboxUsage
Simple include simplelightbox.css and simple-lightbox.js to your page
var lightbox = $('.gallery a').simpleLightbox(options);JavaScript Options
| Property | Default | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| overlay | true | bool | show an overlay or not |
| spinner | true | bool | show spinner or not |
| nav | true | bool | show arrow-navigation or not |
| navText | ['←','→'] | array | text or html for the navigation arrows |
| captions | true | bool | show captions if availabled or not |
| captionSelector | 'img' | string | set the element where the caption is. Set it to "self" for the A-Tag itself |
| captionType | 'attr' | string | how to get the caption. You can choose between attr, data or text |
| captionsData | title | string | get the caption from given attribute |
| captionPosition | 'bottom' | string | the position of the caption. Options are top, bottom or outside (note that outside can be outside the visible viewport!) |
| captionDelay | 0 | int | adds a delay before the caption shows (in ms) |
| close | true | bool | show the close button or not |
| closeText | '×' | string | text or html for the close button |
| swipeClose | true | bool | swipe up or down to close gallery |
| showCounter | true | bool | show current image index or not |
| fileExt | 'png|jpg|jpeg|gif' | regexp or false | list of fileextensions the plugin works with or false for disable the check |
| animationSpeed | 250 | int | how long takes the slide animation |
| animationSlide | true | bool | weather to slide in new photos or not, disable to fade |
| preloading | true | bool | allows preloading next und previous images |
| enableKeyboard | true | bool | allow keyboard arrow navigation and close with ESC key |
| loop | true | bool | enables looping through images |
| rel | false | mixed | group images by rel attribute of link with same selector. |
| docClose | true | bool | closes the lightbox when clicking outside |
| swipeTolerance | 50 | int | how much pixel you have to swipe, until next or previous image |
| className: | 'simple-lightbox' | string | adds a class to the wrapper of the lightbox |
| widthRatio: | 0.8 | float | Ratio of image width to screen width |
| heightRatio: | 0.9 | float | Ratio of image height to screen height |
| disableRightClick | false | bool | disable rightclick on image or not |
| disableScroll | true | bool | stop scrolling page if lightbox is opened |
| alertError | true | bool | show an alert, if image was not found. If false error will be ignored |
| alertErrorMessage | 'Image not found, next image will be loaded' | string | the message displayed if image was not found |
| additionalHtml | false | string | Additional HTML showing inside every image. Usefull for watermark etc. If false nothing is added |
| history | true | bool | enable history back closes lightbox instead of reloading the page |
Events
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| show.simplelightbox | this event fires before the lightbox opens |
| shown.simplelightbox | this event fires after the lightbox was opened |
| close.simplelightbox | this event fires before the lightbox closes |
| closed.simplelightbox | this event fires after the lightbox was closed |
| change.simplelightbox | this event fires before image changes |
| changed.simplelightbox | this event fires after image was changed |
| next.simplelightbox | this event fires before next image arrives |
| nextDone.simplelightbox | this event fires after next image was arrived |
| prev.simplelightbox | this event fires before previous image arrives |
| prevDone.simplelightbox | this event fires after previous image was arrived |
| nextImageLoaded.simplelightbox | this event fires after next image was loaded (if preload activated) |
| prevImageLoaded.simplelightbox | this event fires after previous image was loaded (if preload activated) |
| error.simplelightbox | this event fires on image load error |
Example
$('.gallery a').on('open.simplelightbox', function () {
// do something…
});
$('.gallery a').on('error.simplelightbox', function (e) {
console.log(e); // some usefull information
});Public Methods
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| open | Opens the lightbox with an given jQuery Element |
| close | Closes current openend Lightbox |
| next | Go to next image |
| prev | Go to previous image |
| destroy | Destroys the instance of the lightbox |
| refresh | Destroys and reinitilized the lightbox, needed for eg. Ajax Calls, or after dom manipulations |
Example
var gallery = $('.gallery a').simpleLightbox();
gallery.next(); // Next ImageMultiple Lightboxes on one page
You can have multiple lightboxes on one page, if you give them different selectors. Here is a small example:
var lightbox1 = $('.lighbox-1 a').simpleLightbox();
var lightbox2 = $('.lighbox-2 a').simpleLightbox();Customization
You can customize Simplelightbox by changing the style in simplelightbox.css.
If you are using SASS, you can customize Simplelightbox with the following variables
$sl-font-family: Arial, Baskerville, monospace;
$sl-overlay-background: #fff;
$sl-navigation-color: #000;
$sl-caption-color: #fff;
$sl-caption-background: #000;
$sl-counter-fontsize: 1rem;
$sl-close-fontsize: 3rem;
$sl-breakpoint-medium: 35.5em; // 568px, when 1rem == 16px
$sl-breakpoint-large: 50em; // 800px, when 1rem == 16px
$sl-arrow-fontsize-small: 2rem;
$sl-arrow-fontsize-medium: 3rem;
$sl-arrow-fontsize-large: 3rem;
$sl-img-border-small: 0 none;
$sl-img-border-medium: 0 none;
$sl-img-border-large: 0 none;
$sl-iframe-border-small: 0 none;
$sl-iframe-border-medium: 0 none;
$sl-iframe-border-large: 0 none;Changelog
1.10.5 - Merged pull requests #60 and #61. Thanks to slavanga
1.10.4 - Bugfix von #58
1.10.3 - Merged pull requests #55, #56 and #57. Thanks to karland
1.10.2 - Aligned navigation and close buttons #51, fixed image error bug #52
1.10.1 - Added support for jQuery 3.x #50
1.10.0 - Implemented feature-request #48, history back, some bugfixing and code styling
1.9.0 - Implemented feature-request #16, added rel option for grouping images
1.8.6 - Implemented feature-request #46, added refresh method
1.8.5 - Implemented feature-request #44
1.8.4 - Bugfix for #41 and added option for additional html inside images #40
1.8.3 - Bugfix for #38 and small other fix for loop false option
1.8.2 - Better bugfix for #33, finally fixing multiple lightbox on one page slowness issues!
1.8.1 - Bugfix for #31, #32 and #33
1.8.0 - New API Events (changed open to show) and little fix in function open() brought by Geoffrey Crofte and some other small bugfixes
1.7.2 - Bugfix von #25 and #27
1.7.1 - Bugfix von #22 with new option alertError and merged pull request #23
1.7.0 - Add support for fading between photos, Bugfix for single image navigation, option for caption delay
1.6.0 - Option for caption position. Disable prev or next arrow if loop is false and position is first or last.
1.5.1 - Bugfix for multiple lightboxes on one page
1.5.0 - Added options for disabling rightclick and scrolling, changed default prev- and next-button text
1.4.6 - Option for fileExt can now be false to enable pictures like example.com/pic/200/100
1.4.5 - Bugfix lightbox opening does not work on mobile devices
1.4.4 - Bugfix no drag&drop in FF, changed default close text, only output data if lightbox is opened
1.4.3 - Bugfix z-index for spinner to low, added sass files
1.4.2 - Bugfix for issue #2 - Drop Event does not fire when mouse leaves window
1.4.1 - The whole caption Selector is rewritten. You can now select an element and get its text, use data or attribute
1.4.0 - Caption Attribute can now be what, you want, or data-title. Fixed some small issues
1.3.1 - Bugfix: disable keyboard control if lightbox is closed
1.3.0 - Added current index indicator/counter
1.2.0 - Added option for captions attribute (title or data-title)
1.1.2 - Bugfix for looping images
1.1.1 - Bugfix for loading indicator and removed a log-event
1.1.0 - Added classname for lightbox wrapper and width/height ratio
1.0.0 - Initial Release
Author
Contributors
nicekiwi
helloilya
bitstarr
Geoffrey Crofte - Github
Karl Anders - Github