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

[Kay Strobach]

Hi,

What about using ExtJS as core Library, it works with other libraries as 
base.

Just and idea.

Best regards

Kay

Am 26.01.2010 13:43, schrieb 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).