Title: Caption issue
Last modified: November 15, 2017

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# Caption issue

 *  Resolved [ptg1947](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ptg1947/)
 * (@ptg1947)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/caption-issue-3/)
 * Hi, thanks for a great plugin. Is there a way to show image captions “permanently”,
   not only when I am moving the cursor over the image. Another issue; when opening
   the wp page on an iPad or iPhone, I can’t see the captions.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcaption-issue-3%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Jordy Meow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tigroumeow/)
 * (@tigroumeow)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/caption-issue-3/#post-9685104)
 * Hello 🙂 [@kywyz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kywyz/) will have a look
   at it soon.
 *  [Thomas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kywyz/)
 * (@kywyz)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/caption-issue-3/#post-9685149)
 * Hello !
 * Indeed, display captions at all time could be an option !
 * Thing is I haven’t worked so much on captions since we launched this plugin, 
   it might be a good idea to do it now 🙂
 * I can’t give you any precise date for a release, but it’s definitely on my to-
   do list ! If you have any feature request linked to captions ( or not ), feel
   free to give them to us !
 * Best regards,
    Thomas
 *  Thread Starter [ptg1947](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ptg1947/)
 * (@ptg1947)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/caption-issue-3/#post-9685790)
 * Hi and thanks your prompt reply. Sounds god that you might work on the caption
   issue.
 * Any idea how to tackle the other issue I mentioned, namely how to see the captions
   on an ipad for example.
 * Per
 *  [Thomas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kywyz/)
 * (@kywyz)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/caption-issue-3/#post-9704282)
 * Hello [@ptg1947](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ptg1947/),
 * Sorry for the late reply, concerning the captions on an smaller screen, the thing
   is there is no “hover” event, so in case the setting “always display sidebar”
   is checked then it’s not a problem, but if it’s not then, it’s probably not a
   good idea to show the caption on touch, since on most website the touch will 
   trigger a lightbox.
 * I think the solution for that is the option to always display the caption, and
   not just on hover.
 * Best regards,
    Thomas
 * PS: I’m tagging this issue as resolved, once we are done with this option and
   improving the captions, I’ll let you know 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [ptg1947](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ptg1947/)
 * (@ptg1947)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/caption-issue-3/#post-9720362)
 * Thanks Thomas. Missed your message above so forget my message to today. Have 
   also note that captions are truncated if they are too long. Maybe you can fix
   that as well.
 * [http://kolstadby.se/personer-som-bott-i-kolstad/](http://kolstadby.se/personer-som-bott-i-kolstad/)
 *  [Susa38](https://wordpress.org/support/users/susa38/)
 * (@susa38)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/caption-issue-3/#post-9977801)
 * If you want to see the caption and not only on hover I have got it with this 
   css on the style file on the theme
 * I think I get it on massonry layout adding this css to the theme style file.I
   do not know it work on all devices
 *     ```
       .gallery.masonry .gallery-item:hover {
           overflow: visible!important; }
       .gallery.masonry .gallery-item:hover figcaption {
           opacity: 1!important;
           transition: none!important; 
       }
       .gallery.masonry figcaption {
           opacity: 1!important;
           width: 86%!important;
           bottom: -30px!important;
       }
       ```
   
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by [Susa38](https://wordpress.org/support/users/susa38/).
 *  [Susa38](https://wordpress.org/support/users/susa38/)
 * (@susa38)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/caption-issue-3/#post-9977840)
 * Answer to “ptg1947”
    I think it’s not the best solution because when if you update
   the plugin you have todo it another time. But to get all the caption (not trunkated)
   there is a file on js folder inside the plugin folder with this
 *  `if(caption != caption.substr(0,50)) {
    var truncated_caption = caption.substr(
   0, 50) + “…”; $(this).html(truncated_caption);`
 * if you replace 50 for other big number for example 500 the caption whow more 
   letters until 500
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by [Susa38](https://wordpress.org/support/users/susa38/).
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by [Susa38](https://wordpress.org/support/users/susa38/).

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/caption-issue-3/#post-9977840)
 * Status: resolved