/lightbox2

The original lightbox script, now on Github!

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Lightbox2

The original lightbox script. Eight years later — still going strong!

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.

For demos and usage instructions, visit lokeshdhakar.com/projects/lightbox2/.

by Lokesh Dhakar

Roadmap

Actively being worked on

  • Maintenance. Get open Issues and PRs number down.

Not on the roadmap

  • HTML or video content. The goal of the script from the start has been to provide a better image viewing experience and I am planning on staying focused on that vision. Don't worry though there are plenty of alternative scripts a google away for those who need HTML or video content support.

v3.0 - In Brainstorming Phase

  • Add touch gesture support.
  • Rewrite animations for performance and flexibility.
  • Optimize layout for mobile.
  • Optimize layout for screens of varying densities.
  • Use inline SVG for UI elements.
  • Do not initialize automatically and allow multiple instances.
  • Add event handlers.
  • Allow the setting of options from HTML.
  • Allow instantiation with jQuery plugin syntax.
  • If one of the two options, maxWidth or maxHeight, is set, maintain aspect ratio.
  • Evaluate start, end, and transition animations.
  • Evaluate preloading and caching.
  • Evaluate droppping jQuery requirement.
  • If user attempts to go forward when at end of image set, animation (shake?) indicating the end or option to close Lightbox.

Changelog

v2.8.2 - 2015-12-13

  • [Add] npm support. npm install --save lightbox2
  • [Add] Add option to disable vertical scrolling #487 Thanks blacksunshineCoding
  • [Fix] When horizontal scrolling is on page the overlay is not covering entire page #485 Thanks @manuel-io
  • [Change] Add css minify task to Gruntfile.js and removedlegacy css vendor prefixes for border-radius. #470 Thanks ajerez

v2.8.1 - 2015-07-09

  • [Fix] Change AMD jQuery require statement to use all lowercase. #464 Thanks @vtforester

v2.8.0 - 2015-06-29

  • [Add] UMD support (AMD, CommonJS, fallback to global export).#461
  • [Add] option method for setting options. #461
  • [Add] CONTRIBUTING.md

v2.7.4 - 2015-06-23

  • [Change] Revert jquery dep version to 2.x from 1.x. Added note to Lightbox page about using jQuery 1.x to get IE6, 7, and 8 support.
  • [Fix] Preserve author and license comments from lightbox.js in minified files.

v2.7.3 - 2015-06-22

  • [Add] Barebone HTML file with examples /examples/index.html.
  • [Add] jquery.lightbox.js which concatenates jQuery and Lightbox. This is for those who are Bower averse or want an extra easy install.

v2.7.2 - 2015-06-16

  • [Add] maxWidth and maxHeight options added #197
  • [Add] Enable target attribute in caption links #299
  • [Change] Switched to The MIT License from Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
  • [Change] Add CSS and images to bower.json main property.
  • [Change] Dropped version property from bower.json. #453
  • [Change] Use src -> dist folder structure for build.
  • [Fix] Remove empty src attribute from img tag #287
  • [Fix] Correct grammatical error in comment #224
  • [Fix] Clear the jquery animation queue before hiding the .lb-loader #309
  • [Remove] Remove releases's zips from repo.

v2.7.1 - 2014-03-30

  • [Fix] Enable links in captions

v2.7.0 - 2014-03-29

  • [Add] Support for data-title attribute for the caption. - Thanks @copycut
  • [Add] New option to enable always visible prev and next arrows
  • [Change] Rewrite Coffeescript code into plain ole Javascript
  • [Change] Updated jQuery to v1.10.2
  • [Fix] prev/next arrows not appearing in IE9 and IE 10 - Thanks @rebizu
  • [Fix] Support wrap around option w/keyboard actions. Thanks @vovayatsyuk

v2.6.0 - 2013-07-06

  • [Add] Added wraparound option
  • [Add] Added fitImagesInViewport option - now mobile friendly
  • [Add] Added showImageNumber label
  • [Add] Compatibility with html5shiv
  • [Add] Html5 valid using new data-lightbox attribute
  • [Add] Compatibility with hmtl5shiv and modernizr
  • [Add] Support jquery 1.9+
  • [Change] Move reference to loading and close images into css
  • [Change] Cache jquery objects

v2.5.0 - 2012-04-11

  • [Change] Switch to jQuery from Prototype and Scriptaculous
  • [Change] Switch from Javacript to Coffeescript
  • [Change] Switch from CSS to SASS
  • [Add] Repo created on Github

How to deploy

  • Update version number in src/lightbox.js
  • Update README.md Changelog with release date
  • grunt build
  • Push to Github repo
  • Create a new Github release along with tag. Naming convention for both v2.8.1