Three lightbox clones for Mootools

January 6, 2009 by admin · 3 Comments
Filed under: Galleries, MooTools

Just like jQuery, Mootools also has some nice lightbox clones available.
When compared with jQuery alternatives, one option I found to be missing is the ability to resize image according to the browser window.

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Milkbox

One thing I particularly liked in Milkbox is the ability to show slide shows. An interval can be specified.

Dependencies	Mootools
Size	Less than 22KB (Uncompressed)
Grouping of Images	Supported
Keyboard Navigation	Supported (Arrow keys & Esc)
Transition Effects	Yes
Description for images	Supported
Slide show mode	Supported
Image Resize	No
Description for images	Supported
Supported Browsers	Firefox 2+3, IE6+7, Safari 3, Opera 9.5
Restrictions	No
Demo & Download	Open \| Open in new window

Slimbox

It is a very lightweight script – just around 4KB.

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Dependencies	Mootools
Size	4KB
Grouping of Images	Supported
Keyboard Navigation	Supported (Arrow keys & Esc)
Transition Effects	Yes
Description for images	Supported
Slide show mode	No
Image Resize	No
Supported Browsers	Firefox 2+3, IE6+7, Safari 3, Opera 9.5
Restrictions	No
Demo	Open \| Open in new window
Info & Download	Open

Lightbox by phatfusion

One interesting feature is the ability to specify the DIV element that should contain the background (The background layer). So the effects can be either applied to the whole body or to a particular DIV element.

Dependencies	Mootools
Size	10KB
Grouping of Images	Supported
Keyboard Navigation	Supported (Arrow keys & Esc)
Transition Effects	Yes
Description for images	Supported
Slide show mode	No
Image Resize	No
Supported Browsers	Firefox 2+3, IE6+7, Safari 3, Opera 9.5
Restrictions	No
Demo & Download	Open \| Open in new window