lightbox
- noun
- /ˈlaɪtˌbɑks/
- Jargon
- Have you implemented a "popover" or lightbox on your site?
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This really sunk in when I looked at a tutorial for doing a jQuery Lightbox for a client project.
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I am trying to use Lightbox with my post thumbnails.
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Is there any way to pull just the image source for the lightbox feature?
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To set the external link inside this new lightbox, you would simply do something like this:
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Let me first start by saying that I greatly prefer their new lightbox to the old behavior.
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Make it very clear what a visitor needs to do in order to close the "popover" or "lightbox."
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Given that Lightbox is driving a lot of people nuts, do you have any advice on how to adequately disable it?
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If the page being viewed is darkened to highlight the popover box even more, then people often talk about a "lightbox."
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There are several prebuilt lightbox scripts that use jQuery, like Fancybox.
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When you click the photo, a lightbox appears, showcasing the image while the rest of the page dims.
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Etymology
The word lightbox is also used for a website tool and comes from the physical parts light and box, meaning 'light' and 'box'. On a website, a lightbox opens an image in a bright 'box' on top of the page and darkens the rest so you can focus on the picture.