What is Colourbox?
Colourbox is a popular jQuery lightbox plugin released in 2010. It allows users to overlay images, HTML content, and multimedia on the current page in a stylish, dimmed overlay. Some key features include:
- Lightweight codebase - under 13KB minified and gzipped
- Customizable via CSS, options, methods, and events
- Supports responsive design
- Inline HTML support - content can be pulled directly from the page
- Auto-scales images to fit in all browsers
- Slideshow functionality
- YouTube, Vimeo, and flash video support
- Supports iframes and AJAX requests
- Keyboard navigation
- And much more
Colourbox is highly customizable and easy to implement. It only requires jQuery 1.3+ to work. There are no other JS dependencies. It provides numerous callbacks, CSS hooks, and methods to control the user experience. An extensive documentation site and active support forums make it simple to learn and troubleshoot.
While it hasn't been updated recently, Colourbox remains relevant today due to its lightweight footprint, customizability, and rich feature set covering desktop and mobile. For non-commercial sites, it remains a top choice amongst jQuery lightbox plugins.
500px, Getty Images, Shutterstock, Visual Hunt, Adobe Stock, Zoommy, Alamy, Depositphotos, Negative Space, VectorStock, motosha, AllTheFreeStock, findA.Photo, Stockfresh are some alternatives to Colourbox.