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Jon W
Jon W
6,185 Points
Posted by Jon W
Jon W
6,185 Points

Lightbox plugin for FlexSlider?

Hi. Does anyone know how I can add lightbox functionality to a FlexSlider slide on my site?

So if I click on the image within a FlexSlider, it will open up a fullscreen lightbox slideshow.

Thanks.

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Jon,

Can you give some more information on what you're trying to do?

Do you want your flexSlider slideshow to appear in a lightbox or are you saying that the image in one of your slides is itself a link to another slideshow and you want that slideshow to appear in a lightbox. Effectively a slideshow within a slideshow?

Jon W
Jon W
6,185 Points
Jon W
Jon W
6,185 Points

Hi Jason. I have FlexSlider setup on my site and all working nicely. Now I want to be able to click on the slider and it will open up lightbox slider. So basically the image will be go fullscreen, the background black and I can scroll through the slideshow.

2 Answers

Caroline Hagan
Caroline Hagan
12,612 Points
Caroline Hagan
Caroline Hagan
12,612 Points

Have you considered something like Colorbox - a jQuery lightbox

Or even a plugin that does both things you need, in one?

Jon W
Jon W
6,185 Points
Jon W
Jon W
6,185 Points

Thanks, I'll take a look.

Jon W
Jon W
6,185 Points
Jon W
Jon W
6,185 Points

I ended up making my own lightbox in the end. Thanks for the comments though.