jquery.yalb

Yet Another LighBox. Easy to use and out of the Box

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import jqueryYalb from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/jquery.yalb';
</script>

README

Yalb

Yet Another LightBox
Easy to use, out of the box

If you are looking for a plain-javascript-version take a look at yalb!

Getting Started

Download the production version or the development version. Or run

bower install jquery.yalb

Include yalb after jquery in your web page:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="dist/yalb.min.css">
<script src="jquery.js"></script>
<script src="dist/jquery.yalb.min.js"></script>
<script>
jQuery(function($) {

  var images = [
    'img1.jpg',
    'img2.jpg',
    'img3.jpg',
    'img4.jpg',
    'img5.jpg'
  ]

  $.yalb(images);

  // or just
  $('img').yalb();

  // for other possibilities to call yalb see below

});
</script>

Documentation

Collections you can pass to Yalb / Examples

  • array filled with Strings

      var images = [
          'img1.jpg',
          'img2.jpg',
          'img3.jpg',
          'img4.jpg',
          'img5.jpg'
      ];
      
      $.yalb(images);
    
  • NodeList or Array of Nodes

      var images = document.getElementsByTagName('img');
      $.yalb(images);
    
      // or
      var links = document.getElementsByTagName('a');
      $.yalb(links, {src: 'href'});
    
      // or any other node with an attribute containing the path
      // e.g. <span data-image="/path/to/image.jpg"
      $.yalb(span, {src: 'data-image'});
    
  • jQuery-Collection

      var images = $('img');
      $.yalb(images);
    
      // or of course
      $('img').yalb();
    
      // or same as above
    
  • selfmade object containing the path

      var images = [
          {
              foo: 'bar'
              path: 'path/to/image.jpg'
          }, 
          {
              // and so on
          }
      ];
    
      $.yalb(images, {src: 'path'});
    
      // or even
      var images = [
          {
              path: {
                  'to': {
                      'image': 'path/to/image.jpg'
                  }
              }
          },
          {
              // and so on
          }
      ];
    
      $.yalb(images, {src: 'path.to.image'});
    

Options

The following options can be passed when calling yalb:

  • src ( default:'src' ), Attribute where the path is located.
  • current ( default:0 ), The image which is presented when opening yalb
  • class ( default:'yalb' ), The class passed to the html-container of yalb
  • loop ( default:true ), If true, images will be repeated when hitting the first/last image
  • open ( default:true ), If true, yalb opens when called
  • width ( default:0 ), max-with of the Yalb-window
  • height ( default:0 ), max-height of the Yalb-window

You can change the default values for the whole page by assigning to $.yalb.defaults

$.yalb.defaults = {
    src: 'src',
    current: 0,
    'class': 'yalb',
    loop: true,
    open: true,
    width: 0,
    height: 0
};

Methods

You can control the behavior of yalb with the following methods

  • $.yalb.open() - Opens yalb when still not open
  • $.yalb.close0() - Close yalb; same as hitting the close-button
  • $.yalb.next() - Next Image; same as hitting the next-button
  • $.yalb.prev() - Previous Image; same as hitting the prev-button
  • $.yalb.show(index) - Changes to the image on position index
  • $.yalb.on() - Binds handler to an event (take a look at the Events-section)
  • $.yalb.off() - Removes Handler (Caution!! - This will also remove handlers used by yalb itself when you don't explicitely specify a listener which should be removed or when you don't use namespaced events)
  • $.yalb.get() - Gets the jQuery-instance of the container on which all events are triggered

Events

You can listen to the following Events when using yalb:

  • change - When the image has changed
  • open - When open is called (per Method or per yalb-call with open:true)
  • close - When close-button is pressed
  • next - When next-button is pressed
  • prev - When prev-button is pressed
  • show - When show is called

Style

You can style yalb to your own needs. An example-style is shipped with the code. You can change it to your needs. Every button used is styled with css-only. No icon is needed. Even the loading-animation is css.

Take a look into the css-file - it's selfexplaining!