Shadow box
Shadowbox is a cross-browser, cross-platform, cleanly-coded and fully-documented media viewer application written entirely in JavaScript. Using Shadowbox, website authors can display a wide assortment of media in all major browsers without navigating away from the linking page.
This is a multi purpose pop up functionality like thickbox, graybox etc. Unlike many(for eg: thickbox), it doesn’t depend on a javascript library like jquery or mootools. So it is easier to integrate on any site without worrying dependencies.
Advantages
- XHTML compliant
- Highly configurable
- Can be used to display any media including SWF, Videos, images, sites etc
- Remains focused irrespective of scroll
- GPL Licence – Can be freely used/modified in any site
- Skinnable
Specifications
| Dependencies | None (Can be implemented using any library (Jquery, mootools, prototype etc) using the accompanied script or even without any library support) |
|---|---|
| Size | Less than 30KB (compressed) |
| Restrictions | None (GPL license) |
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