SimpleLightbox v2.13.0

Touch-friendly image lightbox
Click on an image to see it in action. Note, that the lightbox is grouped by rel attribute.

Documentation

Install

To install SimpleLightbox you can do the following:

// YARN
yarn add simplelightbox

//Bower
bower install simplelightbox

//NPM
npm install simplelightbox
				

Simple include simplelight-box.css and simple-lightbox.js to your page and use:

Usage

Standalone Plugin

When using the standalone variant (`simple-lightbox(.min).js`)

var lightbox = new SimpleLightbox('.gallery a', { /* options */ });

When using the standalone variant (`simple-lightbox(.min).js`)

var lightbox = $('.gallery a').simpleLightbox({ /* options */ });

With Webpack/Browserify/Parcel etc...

Choose the module file you want do import or require.

Module with Babel tranformation
import SimpleLightbox from "simplelightbox";

Plain ES Module without Babel
import SimpleLightbox from "simplelightbox/dist/simple-lightbox.esm";

Markup

For the default setup, you just need links that are pointing to images.

<div class="gallery">
    <a href="images/image1.jpg"><img src="images/thumbs/thumb1.jpg" alt="" title=""/></a>
    <a href="images/image2.jpg"><img src="images/thumbs/thumb2.jpg" alt="" title="Beautiful Image"/></a>
</div>

The markup inside the A-Tags can be whatever you want. In this example thumbnails of the big images. The Title Tag is by default used to show a caption. For a whole example just look at the demo folder.

JavaScript Options

Property Default Type Description
sourceAttr href string the attribute used for large images
overlay true bool show an overlay or not
overlayOpacity 0.7 float the opacity of the overlay
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 or function set the element where the caption is. Set it to "self" for the A-Tag itself or use a callback which returns the element
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 adds an additional class(es) to the sl-caption use space or comma to add multiple classes.
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
download false string Text for a download link below the image. 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 adds class to html element if lightbox is open. If empty or false no class is set
rtl false bool change direction to rigth-to-left
fixedClass sl-fixed string elements with this class are fixed and get the right padding when lightbox opens
fadeSpeed 300 int the duration for fading in and out in milliseconds. Used for caption fadein/out too. If smaller than 100 it should be used with animationSlide:false
uniqueImages true bool whether to uniqualize images or not
focus true bool focus the lightbox on open to enable tab control
scrollZoom true bool Can zoom image with mousewheel scrolling
scrollZoomFactor 0.5 float How much zoom when scrolling via mousewheel

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

Examples

let gallery = new SimpleLightbox('.gallery a');
gallery.on('show.simplelightbox', function () {
	// do something…
});

gallery.on('error.simplelightbox', function (e) {
	console.log(e); // some usefull information
});

// with jQuery nearly the same
let gallery = $('.gallery a').simpleLightbox();
gallery.on('show.simplelightbox', function () {
	// do something…
});

Public Methods

Name Description
open Opens the lightbox with an given 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-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

2.13.0 - Fixing #281 close lightbox on load,#311 caption not working, #307 second time opening not working with download option, #310 - passive scroll event default warning in console.
2.12.1 - Fixing #292. Error with download-link
2.12.0 - Merging #283. Fixing className whitespace error. Thanks to @MVogge. Merging #287, which fixes #286 thanks to @majid-1xinternet. Added download option. Thanks to @cnotin
2.11.0 - Added possibility to add multiple classes to captions #280, added possibility for better selectors which fixes #62 again, fixed #268 lightbox not centered with scrolling
2.10.4 - Fixed #277 - add passive listener for scroll events, #276 mistake z-index
2.10.3 - Fixed #264 - Fixed wrong mouse-zoom when the page is scrolled
2.10.2 - Fixed #258 with opacity flicker on overlay. For this, moved style option captionOpacity to js plugin
2.10.1 - Fixed #255 fast switching photos and #256 for hiding back and next buttons on loop: false
2.10.0 - Fixed #254 - Nav Buttons disappear and adding new method getLighboxData so get some useful data for #251
2.9.0 - Added mousescroll function with new options mouseScroll and mouseScrollFactor
2.8.1 - Fixed #250 - No closing if image load fails. #249 Disable scroll on Mac works now
2.8.0 - Fixed #235 - legacy file too big. #236 bad package.json and added support for passive event listeners #240. Thanks to @coderars for the issues and some code
2.7.3 - Fixed #232 - sourceAttr does not work. Thanks to @bivisual for the issue
2.7.2 - Fixed #231 - disableRightClick doesn't. Thanks to @DrMint for the fix
2.7.1 - Fixed #228 - no mouse swiping in firefox. Thanks to @DrMint for the fix
2.7.0 - Merged #206 which fixes #205. Thanks to @ocean90 for the idea and PR
2.6.0 - Added new option uniqueImages for #156, focus for #190 and fixed bug #200 issue closing during animation.
2.5.0 - Added new option fadeSpeed. This will fix #147.
2.4.1 - Added new simple-lightbox.legacy.js with IE 11 Support
2.4.0 - Added new option for fixed elements class #195
2.3.0 - Merged Feature for ESM Modules. Thanks to Serafin Lichtenhahn #173
2.2.2 - Fixed direct closing on load error #182
2.2.1 - Fixed bug #174 and error with ES Modules
2.2.0 - Added ES Modules support, thanks to @seralichtenhahn for the PR. This fixed #164
2.1.5 - Fixed bug #169 open method and #171 error while pan on mobile devices
2.1.4 - Fixed bug #168 doubletap zoom on touch devices
2.1.3 - Fixed bug in destroy method #167 and big with html in navText #165
2.1.2 - Fixed additionalHtml bug #163
2.1.1 - Fixed captions bug #162
2.1.0 - Added rel grouping feature #16 and added rtl support #161
2.0.0 - Complete rewrite. Now uses modern ES6 javascript, without the need of jQuery. Can use jQuery anyway. Developers can use gulp with babel to contribute. Thanks to Mtillmann #129 for the implementation
1.17.3 - Fixed new chrome passive error #155
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. Thankt 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