Questions tagged [lightbox]
used to display large images using modal dialogs
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When to elicit user feedback on search results
I am working on a product that provides investigative leads based on a search. We are trying to assess the helpfulness of the leads. Previously we had a good/bad option always present at the top of ...
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Live content in lightboxes doesn't look live
In my website I'm displaying the websites I built as tiles that when clicked open as lightboxes. I'm getting feedback that it's unclear that the lightboxes display actual live websites. It's also ...
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Should there be arrows in a lightbox on mobile?
So I found that the PhotoSwipe lightbox disables the left right arrows on mobile devices (when it detects them as touch, which can be a hit and miss). But I wonder why. I know the native gallery apps ...
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Does a video lightbox need a close button?
I am building someone a portfolio website for their videos. When you click a thumbnail in a gallery of videos, a light-box no bigger than 65% of the viewport opens to show the video. You click the ...
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Should lightbox be opened before or after image is loaded?
There is a simple photo gallery: Clicking on image opens a dialog with larger version of it: We can do this in two ways: First: User clicks on a thumbnail We show loading indicator over the clicked ...
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Mobile product page image gallery - what should be the default zoom state?
For example, there is product page on mobile website or app that looks like this: User taps on image to zoom it in - what should happen? Should it fit into viewport, like this: Or should it fill ...
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How to indicate that clicking a photo will open a slideshow?
I have a page which has a hero image. When the user clicks on this image a lightbox opens which contains a slideshow of images. I want to indicate to the user that they can click on the image to ...
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Should image lightbox close on page scroll?
User clicks on one of the images in gallery. Larger version appears in lightbox. When user scrolls down, should the lightbox close or not? Live examples; On Medium website lightbox can be closed when ...
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Should video lightbox "remember" the last video position?
There is a promo page that sells some app or game. It has a grid of thumbnails, click on which shows videos about an app. Something like this: After user clicks on thumbnail, modal (lightbox) appears ...
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How to handle the cover when a photo album opens straight to the lightbox?
Think of a situation when one or more albums are represented by a single image. Clicking a album will not result in a navigation to the album's own URL. They open in the lightbox right away. The ...
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What's the difference between a Modal, Popup, Popover and Lightbox?
I've seen many terms used to describe message boxes that notify and alert users or display information such as modal, popup, popover and lightbox. What is the difference between these components? ...
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Modal or overlays for letting users carry tasks without shifting context ? Thoughts?
when I read up about modal dialog boxes and their use, there is a lot of discussion on how they interrupt the user's flow and how they should be used sparingly. What research is there suggesting ...
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Lightbox for footer links
Is it a good ux to make footer links as lightboxes? Basically we have small content for each link in the footer, so we decided to wrap those in lightbox instead of making a page for it. I'm sure ...
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Is it bad UX to switch between galleries in a dialog window?
I'm a novice to UX and I'm looking for ways to prevent my game design portfolio from being bogged down by poor design choices. On one of my pages, there is going to be a table of several projects ...
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Non-interactive initiated lightboxes - acceptable UX?
I've noticed an increasing trend in the use of lightbox dialogs/modals firing on websites without a user interacting with an element on the page. These lightboxes usually fire either when: The page ...
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