ThickBox 1.2 Delayed
26 June 06
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The new version of ThickBox slated for release today is going to be delayed so that I can release ThickBox 1.2 with the alpha release of jQuery 1.0. The 1.0 release of jQuery should happen before months end. So, expect to see the new version of ThickBox around the same time, if not on the same day that 1.0 is released.
Here is a sneak peek at some of the changes coming in ThickBox 1.2.
- Lowercase and uppercase extensions for ThickBox files.
- Loading animation position fix.
- Select boxes in IE appear hidden when ThickBox is open.
- CSS changes.
- Fixed bug that occurred when no title value is giving.
If the mouse pointer changes to a hand when you roll-over an image associated with a story the image upon clicking either links to enlarged version of the image or a website associated with the image.
Will this version force thickbox above flash content?
Will it allow you to navigate through sets of images?
@Dan - I am not sure yet, but very possible. Looking to shed a little weight off your half meg site?
But of course. Would a donation help with the effort? :)
Dan,
Would this work?
http://www.jasons-toolbox.com/SlightlyThickerBox/
@Dan – Heck, that might help. I am always taking contributes. Of course you can use the version Jason created too. It’s his code that has motivated me to add this into thickbox. He has done an exceptional job at keeping it simple. However, I am going to add some flexibility into the code so that a person can have multiple galleries on a single page. More like how lightbox does it with the “relâ€? attribute.
Dan, will this next version allow you to have a box open and that box open up another box?
Doh I meant Cody, not Dan :) While Im at it.. it would be very nice to have an RSS feed so that way we can keep up with your posts! :) Or if you do have one.. where is it? Im waiting with bated breath for the next version and all it brings.. yes I can keep reloading your site, but RSS seems so much prettier ;)
Step it up man! I want Dan’s sIFR to work!
You’re killin’ me Smalls…
Posted this earlier in the first thickbox post. But can this new version support .pdfs which can be viewed in-browser these days anyhow?
@Murlyn – No, the next version will not allow the ability to open a Thickbox, from a Thickbox.
@Hugh – Chill. If its that big of a deal try this instead of sifr.
@AssProphet – Sorry, I have still not done any flash testing or coding for flash specific files either in a ThickBox or on page.
Great stuff Cody!
I’m glad you mentioned your work on multiple image galleries in the same page (which would be useful on regular blog pages (nights out etc)).
I’ve been working on something similar myself after seeing Jasons code and wanting to use relations for specific sets of images.
Good luck with that! I’ll release a Wordpress plugin as soon as you release it (pending any unforeseen problems).
I’ve been using your thickbox obsessively to make, not only our client login (who’s position I’m still debating, I know), and each case studies portfolio images, and I love it so far, thank you for submitting it into the wild:)
Will version 1.2 have differing id/class for image display versus html display? I don’t know if that’s even plausible without some rewriting—we’d like our login to have different styles compared to our portfoilo images—but the same class/id leaves us limited on the main div’s control (though the rest is a cake walk)—it’s that main hook I need to be different:)
...and I figured I’d ask you before I start drilling my lead javascript expert to do some hackery with me!
I use thickbox for many things on a new website (I’ll send you a link as soon as it is launched). One is with a flash flv player which opens in a thickbox when the users hits “See the video” and it works well but the stupid IE doesn’t stop the flash when the thickbox is closed (Firefox does), that’s quiet annoying, i’m looking for a hack by myself… but if someone has an idea ;)
moofx… any chance of not breaking it this time pretty please?
Hi all,
Thank you for your hard work on this project. :)
Hey Dan,
I posted this on your blog, but it might have been the wrong place to. (If so, I apologize.)
Anyway, I just updated my Slightly Thickerbox script to allow for multiple photo galleries using the rel attribute. Feel free to download it from http://www.jasons-toolbox.com/?p=68
Thx for your hard work! Great stuff!:)
Thanks for ThickBox, it’s amazing. I’ve a question, I’m trying to launch TB from Flash, using fscommand and calling TB_show. After it launches, it tells me: “URL has no properties”, and it doesn’t load the page. It’s the iframe technique. Can you help me? anyone? Thanks
RE: Launching Thickbox from Flash.
This worked for me:
getURL(“javascript:TB_show(’[caption]’, ‘[filepath]/[filename.jpg]’, ‘[group]’)”);
Replace [caption] with your caption or leave it out altogether.
Replace with the path to your image (or whatever you’re launching).
Replace [group] with the image group. More on that below.
I used this to convert an existing Flash photo gallery from ordinary pop-ups for enlarged images to the Thickbox script.
Haven’t figured out how to make it recognize a group of images from the Flash gallery yet. I tried adding a hidden div with a group of links matching all the images in my gallery. When you clicked on the TB link from Flash, it would recognize there were more images, but didn’t know where the current image was supposed to fit in the group. Maybe someone else can take this further.