/simplelightbox

Touch-friendly image lightbox for mobile and desktop with jQuery

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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
  • Pinch to zoom
  • Double-tap to zoom

Install

// YARN
yarn add simplelightbox

//Bower
bower install simplelightbox

//NPM
npm install simplelightbox

Usage

Simple include simplelightbox.css and simple-lightbox.js to your page

var lightbox = $('.gallery a').simpleLightbox(options);

JavaScript Options

Property Default Type Description
sourceAttr href string the attribute used for large images
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)
captionClass '' string add an additional class to the sl-caption
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
scaleImageToRatio: false bool scales the image up to the defined ratio size
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
throttleInterval 0 int time to wait between slides
doubleTapZoom 2 int zoom level if double tapping on image
maxZoom 10 int maximum zoom level on pinching
htmlClass 'has-lightbox' string or false adds class to html element if lightbox is open. If empty or false no class is set

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 Image

Multiple 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-overlay-opacity: 0.7;

$sl-counter-fontsize: 1rem;
$sl-caption-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;

$add-vendor-prefixes: true !default;

Changelog

1.17.2 - Fixed caption keeps disappeared on double click #139 and added better close symbol #133
1.17.1 - Added webp in fileExt list #135, removed hardcoded a-tag in isValidLink function #134
1.17.0 - Merged pull request #132. Added double click to zoom for desktop browsers - Thanks to coderkan
1.16.3 - Merged pull request #126,#127 - Thanks to jieter
1.16.2 - Added featured #124 - Add a class to html element if lightbox is open
1.16.1 - Fixed pinch to zoom offset error on scrolling #123
1.16.0 - Pinch to Zoom feature for touch devices with new options doubleTapZoom and maxZoom #79
1.15.1 - Merged pull request #113,#114,#115 - Thanks to RaphaelHaettich and celsius-jochen
1.15.0 - Merged pull request #111, fixed #101 and added possibility to close lightbox on load #74
1.14.0 - Merged pull request #107 and #108. Thanks to RaphaelHaettich
1.13.0 - Added featured #92 and merged pull request #98 and #99. Thanks to RaphaelHaettich
1.12.2 - Bugfix for #89
1.12.1 - Bugfix for #88,#87 and remove bind/unbind #84
1.12.0 - New option captionClass #81, bugfix for #82
1.11.1 - Merged pull request #76. Thanks to walterebert, added support for images with parameters and file extension check #59
1.11.0 - New option for src of image. e.g data attribute #70
1.10.7 - Added Bootstrap compatibility #69
1.10.6 - Merged pull requests #65. Thanks to mstaniuk
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

Andre Rinas - Github

Contributors

nicekiwi
helloilya
bitstarr
Geoffrey Crofte - Github
Karl Anders - Github
Raphael Hättich
Jochen Sengier - Github