MediaWiki extensions manual

LightGallery Release status: stableCategory:Stable extensions
Implementation	User interfaceCategory:User interface extensions
Description	A simple and fancy FancyBox alternative
Author(s)	Nikolay Filippov (Soljkdtalk)
Latest version	0.0.2 (2019-06-07)
MediaWiki	1.25+Category:Extensions with manual MediaWiki version
License	GNU General Public License 3.0 only
Download	GitHub: project page git repository URL [help ] commit history Note: No localisation updates are provided by translatewiki.net . Category:Extensions in GitHub version control
Parameters $lgLightGalleryOptions
Hooks used BeforePageDisplay Category:BeforePageDisplay extensions

The LightGallery extension displays thumbnailed images in modal window that floats overtop of web page. This can create a more user friendly environment, where the user doesn't leave the page every time they click a thumbnail.

Installation

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called LightGallery in your extensions/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  require_once "$IP/extensions/LightGallery/LightGallery.php";
  

• Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.Category:Extensions not using extension registration

Configuration

You can set LightGallery options by setting a $lgLightGalleryOptions variable in LocalSettings.php after including the extension in LocalSettings.php.

Example

require_once "$IP/extensions/LightGallery/LightGallery.php";
$lgLightGalleryOptions = '{thumbnail: true, mode: "lg-fade", getCaptionFromTitleOrAlt: true, subHtmlSelectorRelative: true, animateThumb: false, showThumbByDefault: false }';

Usage

To initialize the gallery, use the class .LightGallery on your ‎<gallery>.

<gallery class="LightGallery">
file:images1.png|desc
file:images2.png
file:images3.png
</gallery>

User rights

This project includes LightGallery is licensed under GPLv3 GNU GPL license v3 license.