Web Image Window - What's That Called?

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Situation: You're on a web page with a small image displayed, and when you click on the image, the current browser window contents are "grayed out", and a window animates itself onto the screen to show the image in its actual size. The window has a Close button on it.

I assume it's done in javascript, and that it's a child window of some sort, but I don't know how to search for it in google because I'm not sure what the technique is called.

Posted 21-Apr-11 3:46am

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Albin Abel 21-Apr-11 10:01am

Additional to my answer for your query "child window of some sort"...It is not a child window but a DIV element with absolute positioned. The javascript is behind to show, hide or load the bigger image using ajax.

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This might help you out.
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex4/lightbox2/index.htm[^]

Posted 21-Apr-11 5:38am

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#realJSOP 21-Apr-11 11:53am

Question has already been answered, but thanks anyway.

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Albin Abel · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-21T03:53:00

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Hi John,

My designer call it as lightbox. You can use search keyword "javascript lightbox" or "JQuery Lightbox". I assume you are looking for something like this http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox2/[^]

good luck

Posted 21-Apr-11 3:53am

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#realJSOP 21-Apr-11 9:58am

That's what I'm after. Thanks.

Albin Abel 21-Apr-11 10:02am

You are welcome John