Modal dialog, windows or a popular term lightbox is an unobtrusive ajax solution for displaying the content inside the page itself, it overcome the constraint of pop up windows which blocked by most of the modern browser. However, the usages of lightbox is more widely apply to preview of images, image gallery and form model. Since it only loads the relevant content in a box, it increase the loading time and whole user browsing experience. Below shown the details and demonstrate the default outlook of the lightbox.
1. Lightbox2
A popular lightbox solutions that written by Lokesh Dhakar, it is built on prototype and scriptaculous framework. It only supports images and slideshow.
2. Lightbox Gone Wild
Inspired by lightbox and include the support for form and html. It is based on prototype and scriptaculous.
3. Colorbox
Lightweight and customizable lightbox plugin through CSS and jQuery. The plugin support images, image group, ajax, inline content and iframe content.
4. Fancybox
Display images, html and multimedia content. It is a jQuery based lightbox.
5. jQuery Lightbox Plugin
Similar to Lokesh Dhakar lightbox solutions, except it is jQuery based.
6. prettyPhoto
Jquery lightbox clone and support more multimedia format.
7. Litebox
Lightweight lightbox which built on moo.fx and prototype.lite.
8. Thickbox
Similar solutions to lightbox2, but it has more features like display inline content, iframed content or content served through ajax in a hybrid modal. It is build on jQuery.
9. Slightly Thickerbox
A mod from thickbox which add on next and previous button to form a images gallery.
10. Slimbox
The ultimate lightweight Lightbox clone for jQuery. As stated, slim and slimmer solutions for lightbox.
11. LightView
Built with prototype and scriptaculous. Supports plenty of media format.
12. jQuery Dialog
jQuery UI also contains dialog component, although its nature is more like a dialog and form. But, you can customize to create your own flavor of image preview or gallery.
13. Prototype Window
A prototype based window dialog.
14. MochaUI
MochaUI is an UI framework for mootools. It includes dialog windows for displaying rich content.
15. Facebox
Facebook lightbox aliked, jQuery based modal dialog. It support images, div or entire remote pages.
16. Boxy
Facebox aliked, but it support more features like dragging and size tweening.
17. ModalBox
A modal dialog that allow you to include html within. Build with prototype and scriptaculous.
18. Shadowbox
Support most of the media format and it is customizable through css. On top of that, it is a standalone javascript solutions. It is free for non-commercial usage.
19. LightWindows
A comprehensive lightbox solutions which enable you to embed images, video,iFrame, flash and more.
20. SimpleModal
Yet another jQuery based modal dialog.
21. jqModal
22. Multibox
Support images,flash, video, mp3 and html and it is build with mootools.
23. Greybox
Can be used to display websites, images and other content, doesn’t rely on any ajax framework.
24. Highslide
A really quick and smooth free image viewer. It supports plenty of formats like html,ajax,iframe and flash.
25. Sexybox
Another standalone lightbox which display content directly from html.
Lightbox Generator
VisualLightbox
WebGalleryCreator
Lightbox Plugins for WordPress
Lightbox2
jQuery Lightbox
Shadowbox
Flexible Lightbox
If you need more lightbox plugin for wordpress, you can visit the link here.
Alternative Solutions
Creating Lightbox with CSS
Firefox hack – Greased Lightbox
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You missed nyroModal from the list. This is the one i’ve found to be the most flexible one.
Thanks for this – wicked resource!
Great list… thnks!
These are all wonderful! Very useful too, as this will greatly improve and enhance the site browsing experience. less time loading images and content, and more time reading and enjoying them! Thanks!
Thank you so much!
Excellent Job !!
Thanks a lot.. Very useful list
If you are also looking for a user interface to create modal dialogs, we suggest you also try out Likno Web Modal Windows Builder.
Excellent Job !!
Thanks a lot.. Very useful list
Thank for sharing,I like it
I love lightbox. Just integrated it into my own website, its really cool.
Glad that you like it. Cheers
Excellent Job !!
Thanks a lot.. Very useful list
very useful thanks
I love lightbox. Just integrated it into my own website, its really cool.
I love lightbox. Just integrated it into my own website, its really cool.
Similar to Lokesh Dhakar lightbox solutions, except it is jQuery based.Similar to Lokesh Dhakar lightbox solutions, except it is jQuery based.
Awesome list, thanks! I’ll have to try out some of the new ones I’ve never seen before.