Has anybody else had a problem with using Lightbox in their RoR apps? I include all the necessary files in application.rhtml and then attempt to use the Lightbox functionality in pages and such. Nothing happens except that a new page opens up with the link to the image I was attempting to show with Lightbox. I''ve even gone so far as to strip out everything except the necessary Javascript files...still no luck. Any ideas? TIA. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060728/b5f5f2c8/attachment.html
If memory serves, this was a problem with one of the included libraries (prototype??) I believe Lightbox uses an older version of the library. Try this instead: http://www.doknowevil.net/litebox/ Let me know how it goes. I abandoned the effort since it wasn''t something the user really wanted. On 7/28/06, Tiffani Ashley Bell <tiffani2k3@gmail.com> wrote:> Has anybody else had a problem with using Lightbox in their RoR apps? I > include all the necessary files in application.rhtml and then attempt to use > the Lightbox functionality in pages and such. Nothing happens except that a > new page opens up with the link to the image I was attempting to show with > Lightbox. I''ve even gone so far as to strip out everything except the > necessary Javascript files...still no luck. Any ideas? > > TIA. > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > >
Yeah, this is a tricky one. The photo gallery tool Tableau uses this effect and it works perfect...and it''s a rails app. It''s open source, so I''m going to look through the code for it and see if that provides any clues. -Tiffani A.B. On 7/28/06, Carl Fyffe <carl.fyffe@gmail.com> wrote:> > If memory serves, this was a problem with one of the included > libraries (prototype??) I believe Lightbox uses an older version of > the library. Try this instead: > > http://www.doknowevil.net/litebox/ > > Let me know how it goes. I abandoned the effort since it wasn''t > something the user really wanted. > > On 7/28/06, Tiffani Ashley Bell <tiffani2k3@gmail.com> wrote: > > Has anybody else had a problem with using Lightbox in their RoR apps? I > > include all the necessary files in application.rhtml and then attempt to > use > > the Lightbox functionality in pages and such. Nothing happens except > that a > > new page opens up with the link to the image I was attempting to show > with > > Lightbox. I''ve even gone so far as to strip out everything except the > > necessary Javascript files...still no luck. Any ideas? > > > > TIA. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060728/0d1ee50d/attachment.html
I''ve used it with no problem at all and the latest version of prototype. I think the only thing I had to do was go through the .js and.css and change some of the paths. It''s not that hard to work through the javascript and understand what it all does. It sounds like you''re not even including lightbox.js, or you''re not using rel="lightbox". Check the rendered html to make sure I''m wrong :) Let me know how it goes. --hax On Jul 28, 2006, at 3:01 PM, Tiffani Ashley Bell wrote:> Has anybody else had a problem with using Lightbox in their RoR > apps? I include all the necessary files in application.rhtml and > then attempt to use the Lightbox functionality in pages and such. > Nothing happens except that a new page opens up with the link to > the image I was attempting to show with Lightbox. I''ve even gone > so far as to strip out everything except the necessary Javascript > files...still no luck. Any ideas? > > TIA. > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
Hax, yeah, it sounds stupid, but it quite frustrating actually. I wish it was something as easy as rel="lightbox"... but it isn''t. On 7/28/06, hax <hax@cheaphacks.info> wrote:> I''ve used it with no problem at all and the latest version of prototype. > > I think the only thing I had to do was go through the .js and.css and > change some of the paths. > > It''s not that hard to work through the javascript and understand what > it all does. > > It sounds like you''re not even including lightbox.js, or you''re not > using rel="lightbox". > Check the rendered html to make sure I''m wrong :) > > Let me know how it goes. > > --hax > > > On Jul 28, 2006, at 3:01 PM, Tiffani Ashley Bell wrote: > > > Has anybody else had a problem with using Lightbox in their RoR > > apps? I include all the necessary files in application.rhtml and > > then attempt to use the Lightbox functionality in pages and such. > > Nothing happens except that a new page opens up with the link to > > the image I was attempting to show with Lightbox. I''ve even gone > > so far as to strip out everything except the necessary Javascript > > files...still no luck. Any ideas? > > > > TIA. > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
Well, after spending literally all day on this (it''s somehow an
incredibly
helpful feature for an app I''m building), I''ve gotten Lightbox
(both the
original version and v2) to cooperate with Rails. I somehow am swayed to
believe that it was the version of Prototype I was using (1.5.0 rc0). After
going back and substituting in 1.3.1 and then 1.4.0, things worked.
Initially, the stylesheets were going haywire too (incredibly odd, eh?), but
again, everything works now. Originally, once you clicked on the image, you
would just be redirected to another page with that image on it.
Then, after more effort, I got the script to at least show the overlay,
etc. But the graphic was shoved down to the bottom left of the screen with
a huge gray area piled on top of it. A few hours later...after substituting
other supposed exact copies of the Prototype and Lightbox scripts into
place, I got it to work perfectly with the following rails code:
<%= link_to image_tag("thumb-1.jpg", :alt => "Greenery
for
you!"),"/images/image-1.jpg", {:rel => "lightbox",
:title => "Greenery."} %>
That would just go wherever a Lightbox needs to appear. All the necessary
.js files are included via a partial. Also, all the images that Lightbox 2
needs are in "public/images."
-Tiffani A.B.
On 7/28/06, Carl Fyffe <carl.fyffe@gmail.com>
wrote:>
> Hax, yeah, it sounds stupid, but it quite frustrating actually. I wish
> it was something as easy as rel="lightbox"... but it
isn''t.
>
> On 7/28/06, hax <hax@cheaphacks.info> wrote:
> > I''ve used it with no problem at all and the latest version of
prototype.
> >
> > I think the only thing I had to do was go through the .js and.css and
> > change some of the paths.
> >
> > It''s not that hard to work through the javascript and
understand what
> > it all does.
> >
> > It sounds like you''re not even including lightbox.js, or
you''re not
> > using rel="lightbox".
> > Check the rendered html to make sure I''m wrong :)
> >
> > Let me know how it goes.
> >
> > --hax
> >
> >
> > On Jul 28, 2006, at 3:01 PM, Tiffani Ashley Bell wrote:
> >
> > > Has anybody else had a problem with using Lightbox in their RoR
> > > apps? I include all the necessary files in application.rhtml and
> > > then attempt to use the Lightbox functionality in pages and such.
> > > Nothing happens except that a new page opens up with the link to
> > > the image I was attempting to show with Lightbox. I''ve
even gone
> > > so far as to strip out everything except the necessary Javascript
> > > files...still no luck. Any ideas?
> > >
> > > TIA.
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Rails mailing list
> > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
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