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[[File:Lightbox mockup.jpg|thumb|A typical lightbox image display]]<br />
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'''Lightbox''' is a [[JavaScript]] library that displays images and videos by filling the screen, and dimming out the rest of the [[web page]].<ref name="useit">{{Cite web|url=http://www.useit.com/alertbox/application-design.html|title=10 Best Application UIs|author=Jakob Nielsen, Alertbox}}</ref><br />
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The original JavaScript library was written by Lokesh Dhakar.<ref>{{cite web | accessdate=2012-12-17 | first=Lokesh | last=Dhakar | title=Lightbox JS | url=http://lokeshdhakar.com/projects/lightbox/}}</ref> The term Lightbox may also refer to other similar JavaScript libraries. The technique gained widespread popularity due to its simple and elegant style.<br />
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The original Lightbox library used two JavaScript libraries, [[Prototype Javascript Framework]]<ref name="Herrington">{{cite web | last = Herrington | first = Jack D | date = | title = Ajax and XML: Ajax for lightboxes | work = IBM DeveloperWorks | url = http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/x-ajaxxml6/ | accessdate = 2008-05-21 }}</ref> and [[script.aculo.us]],<ref name="Schmitt">{{cite book | last = Schmitt | first = Christopher | year = 2006 | title = CSS Cookbook | publisher = [[O'Reilly Media|O'Reilly]] | isbn = 0-596-52741-1 | pages = 204 }}</ref> for its animations and positioning. In April 2012, the [[Plug-in (computing)|plugin]] was rewritten for [[jQuery]].<ref>{{cite web | accessdate=2012-12-17 | first=Lokesh | last=Dhakar | title=Lightbox2 | url=http://lokeshdhakar.com/projects/lightbox2/}}</ref> The open-source nature of Lightbox encouraged developers to modify and fork the code, resulting in plugins such as Colorbox, Magnific Popup, Slimbox or Thickbox.<br />
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Lightbox scripts are dependent upon a browser's [[JavaScript]] support.<ref name="Schmitt2">{{cite book | last = Schmitt | first = Christopher | year = 2006 | title = CSS Cookbook | publisher = [[O'Reilly Media|O'Reilly]] | isbn = 0-596-52741-1 | pages = 207 }}</ref> Browsers that do not load the script for whatever reason can instead simply load the image as a separate page load, losing the Lightbox effect but still retaining the ability to display the image.<ref name="Zervaas">{{cite book | last = Zervaas | first = Quentin | year = 2007 | title = Practical Web 2.0 Applications with PHP | publisher = Springer | isbn = 1-59059-906-3 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/practicalweb20ap0000zerv/page/423 423] | url = https://archive.org/details/practicalweb20ap0000zerv/page/423 }}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{Commons category inline|Lightbox (JavaScript)}}<br />
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