Hi,

I've got a site with very large images:

http://greenrhino.bigcitydev.com/category/image-galleries/galleries/vege...

Lightbox launches into the preview image. OK

When you zoom to the original image, the overlay expands way beyond the screen to fit the image. Also OK, because we want people to inspect the image up close.

But when you scroll to see the bottom of the image and then either zoom out or click to the next image, you're still in that bottom corner and you have to scroll back up to the next preview.

Is there a way to resize the overlay at that point?

I also notice that if you simply close the original image and then go back to the gallery page, the next time you launch a preview the overlay has to shrink back down from the previous original image.

Thanks as always for your help.

Aaron

Comments

dman’s picture

Images lightboxing bigger than the browser window are a usability nightmare. We had to disable it, because users would click 'back' as the only way to get away from it.
It's a problem.
Have you tried http://drupal.org/project/zoomify ?
Maybe not right for you (that page you linked to so almost works)

Currently lightbox only calculates the position on the page once, and doesn't allow for people moving around much. As the foreground normally prevents them from doing so. I guess it could recalculate where to put the next image ... but for your case I think it would be better to force the page to scroll back to where it was before...
Just a thought.

awolfey’s picture

I'd rather stick with Lightbox2. Unfortunately I don't know javascript to try to make it work.

awolfey’s picture

For now I've disabled the zoom in LB2 and link to the node at the original size in a new window. It's still a bit clunky but better.

stella’s picture

Category: support » feature
Status: Active » Postponed

postponed until after the next release.

voleger’s picture

Issue summary: View changes

Drupal 5.x is unsupported. Closing an issue.

voleger’s picture

Status: Postponed » Closed (won't fix)