Author: Michal Szymanski
MDB Pro required
This lesson requires MDB Pro package. If you use MDB Free please be aware that some elements may not work as expected.
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Step 1 - LightBox
Go to the LightBox Docs
and copy the code for Gallery with margins.
Next, place it inside <!--Section: gallery-->,
below the description.
<!--Section: gallery-->
<section id="gallery" class="text-center py-5">
<!-- Container -->
<div class="container">
<!-- Section heading -->
<h2 class="h1-responsive font-weight-bold mb-5">Our best projects</h2>
<!-- Section description -->
<p class="grey-text w-responsive mx-auto mb-5">Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in
voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat
cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit est laborum.</p>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<div id="mdb-lightbox-ui"></div>
<div class="mdb-lightbox">
<figure class="col-md-4">
<a href="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Lightbox/Original/img%20(145).jpg"
data-size="1600x1067">
<img src="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Lightbox/Thumbnail/img%20(145).jpg"
class="img-fluid">
</a>
</figure>
<figure class="col-md-4">
<a href="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Lightbox/Original/img%20(150).jpg"
data-size="1600x1067">
<img src="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Lightbox/Thumbnail/img%20(150).jpg"
class="img-fluid" />
</a>
</figure>
<figure class="col-md-4">
<a href="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Lightbox/Original/img%20(152).jpg"
data-size="1600x1067">
<img src="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Lightbox/Thumbnail/img%20(152).jpg"
class="img-fluid" />
</a>
</figure>
<figure class="col-md-4">
<a href="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Lightbox/Original/img%20(42).jpg" data-size="1600x1067">
<img src="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Lightbox/Thumbnail/img%20(42).jpg"
class="img-fluid" />
</a>
</figure>
<figure class="col-md-4">
<a href="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Lightbox/Original/img%20(151).jpg"
data-size="1600x1067">
<img src="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Lightbox/Thumbnail/img%20(151).jpg"
class="img-fluid" />
</a>
</figure>
<figure class="col-md-4">
<a href="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Lightbox/Original/img%20(40).jpg" data-size="1600x1067">
<img src="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Lightbox/Thumbnail/img%20(40).jpg"
class="img-fluid" />
</a>
</figure>
<figure class="col-md-4">
<a href="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Lightbox/Original/img%20(148).jpg"
data-size="1600x1067">
<img src="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Lightbox/Thumbnail/img%20(148).jpg"
class="img-fluid" />
</a>
</figure>
<figure class="col-md-4">
<a href="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Lightbox/Original/img%20(147).jpg"
data-size="1600x1067">
<img src="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Lightbox/Thumbnail/img%20(147).jpg"
class="img-fluid" />
</a>
</figure>
<figure class="col-md-4">
<a href="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Lightbox/Original/img%20(149).jpg"
data-size="1600x1067">
<img src="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Lightbox/Thumbnail/img%20(149).jpg"
class="img-fluid" />
</a>
</figure>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- Container -->
</section>
<!--Section: gallery-->
To make LightBox work, we have to initialize it first.
Below the scripts, place this JavaScript function to initialize the LightBox.
// MDB Lightbox Init
$(function () {
$("#mdb-lightbox-ui").load("mdb-addons/mdb-lightbox-ui.html");
});
Save the file and click on any picture of the LightBox - it works!
Let's have a closer look at the LightBox.
<figure class="col-md-4">
<a href="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Lightbox/Original/img%20(145).jpg"
data-size="1600x1067">
<img src="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Lightbox/Thumbnail/img%20(145).jpg"
class="img-fluid">
</a>
</figure>
As you can see for each picture we use an image in two different sizes:
-
Big, high-quality image
-
Small image as a thumbnail
We do it for the sake of performance. When the website is loaded we display to the user only thumbnails because if we wanted to render all the big, high-quality pictures it could place undue load on the browser.
But when the user clicks on a particular image - we will render this in its best quality.
Step 2 - shadows
To make the LighBox look even better, we can add a shadow to the images.
Add a .z-depth-1-half class to each thumbnail.
<figure class="col-md-4">
<a href="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Lightbox/Original/img%20(145).jpg"
data-size="1600x1067">
<img src="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Photos/Lightbox/Thumbnail/img%20(145).jpg"
class="img-fluid z-depth-1-half">
</a>
</figure>
To learn more about the available options of a LightBox, read our LightBox Docs.
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