[TYPO3-ect] Unified image box extension with different JS frontends

[Steffen Gebert]

Am 26.01.2010, 10:36 Uhr, schrieb Michiel Roos [netcreators]  
<michiel at netcreators.com>:

> I think it is time for a unified 'image box' for TYPO3.
>
> When building a website the customer often requires an 'image box'. It
> looks nice. The boxen have been implemented in all JS frameworks out  
> there.
>
> I would like to see a single extension where you can switch the JS
> frontend by means of TypoScript. It would be ideal when the image box
> styles were uniform across the different JS lib implementations.
>
> This is to prevent having to implement a site with mootools & jquery for
> example.

Hi Michiel,

I agree with you that it would be nice to use one extension in different  
projects. But I think it's not so easy, as every lightbox has of course  
several common options, but also some unique ones. Should we prevent using  
them?
E.g. colorbox can have relative sizes (95% of screen height), while  
perfectlightbox only offers absolut height (700px).

I took much code from perfectligthbox2 for my colorbox extension*, so I  
think backporting this jquery code into pl2 shouldn't be too hard.

What do you think about a core lightbox feature?
I'm a bit sceptical...

Steffen

* the extension isn't public yet, as the author of colorbox didn't respond  
to my mails (so I think I'll just publish it without their logo in a few  
days, as the code is MIT licensed).