Comparison of Lightbox-modules for Drupal 7

Drupal has many modules available for displaying Lightbox-type content. Unfortunately for Drupal 7, there is only a few. Here's some of them reviewed.

What is a Lightbox?

Lightbox is a JavaScript application, that is used to show large images or other content in modal windows. The name comes from one of the first applications, of this type, Lightbox JS by Lokesh Dhakar.

 

Shadowbox

Shadowbox

Shadowbox is an online media viewer application that supports all of the web’s most popular media publishing formats. Shadowbox is written entirely in JavaScript and CSS and is highly customizable. Using Shadowbox, website authors can showcase a wide assortment of media in all major browsers without navigating users away from the linking page.

Current version: 7.x-3.0-beta5

Website

Drupal module website

 

Colorbox

Colorbox

Colorbox is a lightweight customizable lightbox plugin for jQuery 1.3 and 1.4. This module allows for integration of Colorbox into Drupal. Images, iframed or inline content etc. can be displayed in a overlay above the current page.

Current version: 7.x-1.0-beta4

Website

Drupal module website

 

YoxView

YoxView

YoxView is a free Lightbox-type media and image viewer jQuery plugin. It's easy to use and feature-rich.

Current version: 7.x-1.2

Website

Drupal module website

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