17 Unique Pure CSS Lightbox Ideas You Shouldn't Miss

1. M.I.N.I Touchable Showcase & Portfolio Slider 8in1

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Customize this slider with just a little HTML (and CSS if you want) to your very needs.What makes this Slider unique is that you can define everything via CSS or HTML which makes it 100% customizable. Thanks to the 7+1 themes in best cases only some customization of pure content is needed to get the needed result. Put the JS and CSS links in the head of your HTML site and build an unsorted list of items for example like this:

Lightbox with Social Icons included

Customizable 100% via Plugin Parameters / CSS / HTML

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2. NACHO Lightbox - Flat responsive lightbox

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NACHO Lightbox is the perfect plugin for showcasing images, videos, iframes and even ajax in a modern and usable manner that is available on every device.

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3. Elusive CSS3 Mega Menu

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A Pure HTML5/CCS3 Mega HTML5 navigation menu that fits well with any website or webpage.Only two main files needed, a CSS file and an HTML file. There are only two changes to be made to change the colour scheme within the CSS file.

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4. Responsive Gridfolio

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Lightbox Iframe support.Lightbox description autoopen (open item description without pressing the info button).Added an extra way to close the lightbox by pressing outside the item area. When a thumbnail is pressed you can choose either to display an original media lightbox which we have coded, or to open a new webpage, the url and target of this webpage can be specified. The lightbox can display images, or can display videos loaded from YouTube or Vimeo. Pure OOP JavaScript code, no usage of jQuery or other libraries, in this way there will be no incompatibilities with HTML pages that might be using jQuery or other JavaScript libraries. Responsive / Flexible / Fluid layout: you can control the size of the grid with CSS or JavaScript, basically it has an adaptable layout which makes it the perfect candidate for any type of project. Thumbnail’s description or thumbnails media icons: each thumb can have a short description with a transparent background under it or a media icon which represents a link, video or image, this are visible when the mouse is over a thumbnail, the text can be formatted with CSS, the jQuery CSS background color and opacity also can be modified (optional). Custom press thumbnail action: when a thumbnail is pressed you can choose either to display an original media lightbox which we have coded, or to open a new webpage, the url and target of this webpage can be specified. The lightbox can display images, or can display videos loaded from YouTube or Vimeo.Lightbox main features:

Info button and info window: each lighbox item can have a description, the text and window appearance can be formatted with CSS (optional).2013 – Bug fix related to the lightbox when it is zoomed on Chrome and better detection for mobile devices.

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5. CSS3 Image Lightbox

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CSS3 Image Lightbox

CSS3 Image Lightbox is a collection of custom stylesheets used to display large images by using modal dialogs.Pure CSS + HTML For All Modern Browsers,

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6. jQuery Facebook Gallery

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This script is a pure javascript/jQuery solution and does not require a PHP server.Includes three optional lightbox plugins (fancyBox, colorBox and prettyPhoto); although it is possible to user other lightbox solutions

This script requires you to load additional JS and CSS files for your website, as well as adding some custom HTML and JavaScript lines to your page code. While the JS and CSS files can be hosted outside of your website, the JavaScript lines that are necessary to initialize the gallery and the HTML line which defines where in your page the gallery will be shown must be part of your website.Added option to assign custom Class Name to all items that can be opened via Lightbox (in case you want to use a different Lightbox solution than the ones included; can be used to target these Classes specifically)

Other minor JS and CSS improvements

Other minor JS and CSS improvements

Other JS and CSS improvements

Some CSS improvements

Added third lightbox (prettyPhoto)

Added second optional lightbox (fancyBox)

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7. Estro - jQuery Ken Burns & swipe effect slider

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Added lightbox integration on non-video slides

Crossbrowser pure JS/CSS implementation.Easily customizable via CSS file.

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8. MelonHTML5 - Metro Gallery

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For mordern browsers, all animations are in pure CSS3.Lightbox

A CSS3 lightbox is included, which can be turned on or off.Lightbox can be used to embed both images and videos.Thumbnails in tiles and big images in lightbox

You can use thumbnials in small tiles and set big images to be used in lightbox. 9 pre-defined colours are included in the CSS and you can easily modify them to any other colours you like. Tile size, gutter size and scale ratio can all be set via options, no manual CSS code changes are needed.Added ability to use thumbnail in tiles, and big images in lightbox

New feature: Lightbox

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9. Argus - Mega Menu

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This is pure HTML5/CSS3 menu.

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10. Responsive Slideshow Photo Gallery Grid

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Pure OOP JavaScript code, no usage of jQuery or other libraries, in this way there will be no incompatibilities with HTML pages that might be using jQuery or other JavaScript libraries. Flexible / Fluid layout: you can control the size of the grid with CSS or JavaScript, basically it has an adaptable layout which makes it the perfect candidate for any type of project. Thumbnail’s description: each thumb can have a short description with a transparent background under it and this description is visible when the mouse is over a thumbnail, the text can be formatted with CSS, the background color and opacity also can be modified (optional). Custom press thumbnail action: when a thumbnail is pressed you can choose either to display an original media lightbox which we have coded, or to open a new webpage, the url and target of this webpage can be specified. The lightbox can display images, or can display videos loaded from YouTube or Vimeo. LIGHTBOX MAIN FEATURES

Info button and info window: each lighbox item can have a description, the text and window appearance can be formatted with CSS (optional).2013 – Fixed some bugs related to the lightbox and added better support for mobile detection.

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11. Smooth CSS3 Preloaders

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Pure CSS3 Preloaders for Smoother Animation

The download source includes 3 custom-built pure CSS3 preloaders.Because they’re built in pure CSS3, the preloaders are retina-ready by default.The preloaders come with a few pure JavaScript options (no jQuery needed).Preload an entire web page (see video above) with a lightbox-style fullscreen preloader.The minified CSS is only 3kb, and the minified JS only 1kb.

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12. jQuery Google+/Picasa Gallery

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This script is a pure javascript/jQuery solution and does not require a PHP server.Includes three optional lightbox plugins (fancyBox, colorBox and prettyPhoto); although it is possible to user other lightbox solutions

This script requires you to load additional JS and CSS files for your website, as well as adding some custom HTML and JavaScript lines to your page code. While the JS and CSS files can be hosted outside of your website, the JavaScript lines that are necessary to initialize the gallery and the HTML line which defines where in your page the gallery will be shown must be part of your website.Added option to assign custom Class Name to all items that can be opened via Lightbox (in case you want to use a different Lightbox solution than the ones included; can be used to target these Classes specifically)

Other minor JS and CSS improvements

Other minor JS and CSS improvements

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13. Elusive CSS3 Graph Chart Set

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A Pure HTML5/CCS3 Metro Style Graph/Chart set that fits well with any website or webpage. Two CSS files, one for the styling and one for the animation.

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14. Metro Style CSS3 Menu

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A Pure HTML5/CCS3 Metro Style Navigation Menu that fits well with any website or webpage.Only two main files needed, a CSS file and an HTML file. There are only two changes to be made to change the colour scheme within the CSS file.

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15. Share+ : The most awesome way to share your site

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It comes with five pre made themes which allows for high customisability with the power of CSS.Made with the latest technology – Powered by jQuery, supports HTML5 and it made with pure CSS3 (Yep, even the background stripes. Everything except the icons and the share+ sticker on the left is made with pure CSS3. Add it to your site in seconds by including the theme CSS stylesheet, a javascript file and a single line of code.Easy to modify the style using css stylesheet and with the help of five pre-made themes (more coming soon)

The styles are set in CSS for easy editing.

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16. iLightBox · Revolutionary Lightbox Plugin

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By combining support for a wide range of media with gorgeous skins and a user-friendly API, iLightBox aims to push the Lightbox concept as far as possible.Developed with pure object oriented JavaScript

“Greetings, this is amazing lightbox! Nice Job! Modern, lightweight and just awesome.

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17. jQuery Flickr Gallery

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This script is a pure javascript/jQuery solution and does not require a PHP server.Includes three optional lightbox plugins (fancyBox, colorBox and prettyPhoto); although it is possible to user other lightbox solutions

This script requires you to load additional JS and CSS files for your website, as well as adding some custom HTML and JavaScript lines to your page code. While the JS and CSS files can be hosted outside of your website, the JavaScript lines that are necessary to initialize the gallery and the HTML line which defines where in your page the gallery will be shown must be part of your website.Added option to assign custom Class Name to all items that can be opened via Lightbox (in case you want to use a different Lightbox solution than the ones included; can be used to target these Classes specifically)

Other minor JS and CSS improvements

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