The Widgetkit Lightbox allows you to view images, HTML and multi-media content on a dark dimmed overlay without having to leave the current page.

Features at a glance

Display images, videos, HTML, Iframes, Ajax requests and SWF
Supports YouTube, Vimeo, MP4 (h.264), WebM and FLV movies
Group lightboxes and mix different content types
Responsive design to fit images great on mobile devices
Load other widgets in lightbox
3 different opening and closing transitions
4 different caption styles
Keyboard and mouse scroll wheel navigation
Build on the latest jQuery version
Works with Joomla and WordPress

Examples

Different animations - fade, elastic and none

<a data-lightbox="transitionIn:fade; transitionOut:fade;" href="/images/sampledata/lightbox/lightbox_01_big.jpg"><img src="/images/sampledata/lightbox/lightbox_01.jpg" border="0" alt="fade" /></a>

Different title positions - float, inside and over

<a data-lightbox="transitionIn:elastic; transitionOut:elastic; titlePosition:float;" href="/images/sampledata/lightbox/lightbox_01_big.jpg" title="Donec augue felis, aliquet sit amet tempor vel, sollicitudin nec sem."><img class="pic3d" src="/images/sampledata/lightbox/lightbox_01.jpg" border="0" alt="fade" width="190" height="119" /></a>

You can use it in a gallery

<a data-lightbox="transitionIn:elastic; transitionOut:elastic; titlePosition:float; group:gallery1" href="/images/sampledata/lightbox/lightbox_01_big.jpg" title="Donec augue felis, aliquet sit amet tempor vel, sollicitudin nec sem."><img class="pic3d" src="/images/sampledata/lightbox/lightbox_01.jpg" border="0" alt="fade" width="190" height="119" /></a>

Various examples in one gallery (try also using the keyboard and mouse scroll wheel)

• Youtube
• Vimeo
• MP4 (h.264)
• Swf
• Inline
• Iframe

Load Widgets In A Lightbox

Use #wk-ID to load widgets like slideshows or galleries in a lightbox. For example: Widgetkit Slideshow

<a data-lightbox="width:600;height:375;" href="#wk-1">Lightbox</a>

How To Use

Use the HTML5 custom data attribute data-lightbox to activate the lightbox. You can set various lightbox parameters to the data attribute. For example:

<a data-lightbox="width:1000;height:600;" href="http://www.wikipedia.org">Lightbox</a>

Here is a list of the most common parameters:

• titlePosition - How should the title show up? (float, outside, inside or over)
• transitionIn - Set a opening transition. (fade, elastic, or none)
• transitionOut - Set a closing transition (fade, elastic, or none)
• overlayShow - Set to true or false
• scrolling - Set to yes or no
• width - Set a width in pixel
• height - Set a height in pixel
• padding - Set a padding in pixel