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/.
Roadmap
- Maintenance. No substantial features are being worked on till all open Pull Requests and Issues have been reviewed.
- Documentation. Main features and options need to be documented.
Changelog
v2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
- Add CONTRIBUTING.md
- Allow users to set options with an html attribute per image and image set.
- Add module compatibility (AMD, etc).
- Add ability to initialize with vanilla Javascript.
- Add ability to initialize as a jQuery plugin.
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 https://github.com/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 https://github.com/rebizu
- [Fix] Support wrap around option w/keyboard actions. Thanks https://github.com/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