Title: Lightbox customization
Last modified: May 2, 2021

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# Lightbox customization

 *  [sylvain091](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sylvain091/)
 * (@sylvain091)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lightbox-customization/)
 * I would like to open images in a lightbox / fancybox / thickbox and obtain the
   same result as on the site [http://www.autre-chemin.be/fleurs-de-montagne/index.php#mini-photos](http://www.autre-chemin.be/fleurs-de-montagne/index.php#mini-photos)
   
   That is, the lightbox must have a fixed width (but responsive), larger than the
   image, and that the title and a description must be displayed to the right of
   the image and not below (at least on a computer).
 * It will certainly be necessary to work on the CSS, but on which lightbox plugin
   is it better to be based (compatible with NextGen), and how to achieve this result?
 * Thank you in advance for your answers.

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 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lightbox-customization/#post-14389868)
 * Altering the default layout with CSS alone should be feasible as long as all 
   the HTML elements are in place. So any *box image app should work with the custom
   CSS that you would add. Is the previous/next navigation element something you
   also need? Not all *box apps have such navigation.
 * What does NextGen do on its own? Perhaps its default effect can be modified with
   CSS. Add whatever CSS is needed to the Additional CSS customizer section. Such
   CSS normally overrides other equivalent rules, except for element style attributes.
   If there are element styles, they’d have to be modified at the source.
 *  Thread Starter [sylvain091](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sylvain091/)
 * (@sylvain091)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lightbox-customization/#post-14389919)
 * I need the previous/next navigation element, as text, or as arrows.
    But this
   element must be outside the image, and it is important that the lightbox does
   not automatically resize according to the dimensions of the image.
 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lightbox-customization/#post-14395213)
 * AFAIK all *box galleries automatically resize images based on available display
   device size. It is the displayed size that changes, not the source file’s size.
 * Provided the chosen gallery app outputs all the necessary HTML elements, you 
   can likely arrange them as you like with custom CSS. Other gallery plugins are
   unlikely to be compatible with NextGen, they would work independently on their
   own.
 * You might try asking for suggestions through the dedicated support channel for
   NextGen. They’d know better than anyone if there is something that is compatible.
 * There are a good number of other gallery plugins. Any one that outputs next/previous
   links would be a good candidate to try out.
    [https://wordpress.org/plugins/search/gallery/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/search/gallery/)

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 * In: [Developing with WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/wp-advanced/)
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 * Last reply from: [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * Last activity: [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lightbox-customization/#post-14395213)
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