tobii v2.0.0-alpha
Tobii
An accessible, open-source lightbox with no dependencies.

Table of contents
Features
- No dependencies
- Accessible:
- ARIA roles
- Keyboard navigation:
Prev/NextKeys: Navigate through slidesESCAPEKey: Close TobiiTABKey: Focus elements within Tobii, not outside
- User preference media features:
prefers-reduced-motionmedia query
- When Tobii opens, focus is set to the first focusable element in Tobii
- When Tobii closes, focus returns to what was in focus before Tobii opened
- Touch & Mouse drag support:
- Drag/ Swipe horizontal to navigate through slides
- Drag/ Swipe vertical to close Tobii
- Responsive
- Support iframes
- Support inline HTML
Get Tobii
Download
CSS: css/tobii.min.css minified, or css/Totii.css un-minified
JavaScript: js/tobii.min.js minified, or js/tobii.js un-minified
Package managers
Tobii is also available on npm.
npm install tobii --save
Usage
You can install Tobii by linking the .css and .js files to your html file. The HTML code may look like this:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Your page title</title>
<!-- CSS -->
<link href="tobii.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
<!-- Your HTML content -->
<!-- JS -->
<script src="tobii.min.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Initialize the script by running:
const tobii = new Tobii()Media types
Image
The standard way of using Tobii is a linked thumbnail image with the class name lightbox to a larger image:
<a href="path/to/image.jpg" class="lightbox">
<img src="path/to/thumbnail.jpg" alt="I am a caption">
</a>Instead of a thumbnail, you can also refer to a larger image with a textlink:
<a href="path/to/image.jpg" class="lightbox">
Open image
</a>Inline HTML
For inline HTML, create an element with a unique ID:
<div id="selector">
<!-- Your HTML content -->
</div>Then create a link with the class name lightbox and a href attribute that matches the ID of the element:
<a href="#selector" data-type="html" class="lightbox">
Open HTML content
</a>or a button with the class name lightbox and a data-target attribute that matches the ID of the element:
<button type="button" data-type="html" data-target="#selector" class="lightbox">
Open HTML content
</button>In both ways, the attribute data-type with the value html must be added.
Iframe
For an iframe, create a link with the class name lightbox:
<a href="https://www.wikipedia.org" data-type="iframe" class="lightbox">
Open Wikipedia
</a>or a button with the class name lightbox and a data-target attribute:
<button type="button" data-type="iframe" data-target="https://www.wikipedia.org" class="lightbox">
Open Wikipedia
</button>In both ways, the attribute data-type with the value iframe must be added.
Optional attributes
data-heightset the height anddata-widththe width of the iframe.
YouTube
For an YouTube video, create a link with the class name lightbox and a data-id attribute with the YouTube video ID:
<a href="#" data-type="youtube" data-id="KU2sSZ_90PY" class="lightbox">
Open YouTube video
</a>or a button with the class name lightbox and a data-id attribute with the YouTube video ID:
<button type="button" data-type="youtube" data-id="KU2sSZ_90PY" class="lightbox">
Open YouTube video
</button>In both ways, the attribute data-type with the value youtube must be added.
Optional attributes
data-controlsindicates whether the video player controls are displayed:0do not display and1display controls in the player.data-heightset the height anddata-widththe width of the player. I recommend using an external library for responsive iframes.
Grouping
If you have a group of related types that you would like to combine into a set, add the data-group attribute:
<a href="path/to/image_1.jpg" class="lightbox" data-group="vacation">
<img src="path/to/thumbnail_1.jpg" alt="I am a caption">
</a>
<a href="path/to/image_2.jpg" class="lightbox" data-group="vacation">
<img src="path/to/thumbnail_2.jpg" alt="I am a caption">
</a>
// ...
<a href="path/to/image_4.jpg" class="lightbox" data-group="birthday">
<img src="path/to/thumbnail_4.jpg" alt="I am a caption">
</a>
// ...Options
You can pass an object with custom options as an argument.
const tobii = new Tobii({
captions: false
})The following options are available:
| Property | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| selector | string | ".lightbox" | All elements with this class triggers Tobii. |
| captions | bool | true | Display captions, if available. |
| captionsSelector | "self", "img" | "img" | Set the element where the caption is. Set it to "self" for the a tag itself. |
| captionAttribute | string | "alt" | Get the caption from given attribute. |
| nav | bool, "auto" | "auto" | Display navigation buttons. "auto" hides buttons on touch-enabled devices. |
| navText | string | "inline svg", "inline svg" | Text or HTML for the navigation buttons. |
| navLabel | string | "Previous", "Next" | ARIA label for screen readers. |
| close | bool | true | Display close button. |
| closeText | string | "inline svg" | Text or HTML for the close button. |
| closeLabel | string | "Close" | ARIA label for screen readers. |
| loadingIndicatorLabel | string | "Image loading" | ARIA label for screen readers. |
| counter | bool | true | Display current image index. |
| keyboard | bool | true | Allow keyboard navigation. |
| zoom | bool | true | Display zoom icon. |
| zoomText | string | "inline svg" | Text or HTML for the zoom icon. |
| docClose | bool | true | Click outside to close Tobii. |
| swipeClose | bool | true | Swipe up to close Tobii. |
| hideScrollbar | bool | true | Hide browser scrollbars if Tobii is displayed. |
| draggable | bool | true | Use dragging and touch swiping. |
| threshold | number | 100 | Touch and mouse dragging threshold (in px). |
| autoplayVideo | bool | false | Videos will automatically start playing as soon as they can do so without stopping to finish loading the data. |
API
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
open(index, callback) | Open Tobii. Optional with a specific slide with index (number). Optional callback (function) as a second argument. |
next(callback) | Show the next slide. Optional callback (function). |
prev(callback) | Show the previous slide. Optional callback (function). |
close(callback) | Close Tobii. Optional callback (function). |
add(element, callback) | Add an element (DOM element) (example on CodePen). Optional callback (function) as a second argument (example on CodePen). |
remove(element, callback) | Remove an element (DOM element). Optional callback (function) as a second argument. |
isOpen() | Check if Tobii is open. |
currentSlide() | Return the current slide index. |
selectGroup() | Select a specific group. |
currentGroup() | Return the current group. |
destroy() | Destroy Tobii. Optional callback (function). |
Browser support
Tobii has been tested in the following browsers (all the latest versions):
- Chrome
- Firefox
- Internet Explorer
- Edge
- Safari
To do
- Support for
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Contributing
- Open an issue or a pull request to suggest changes or additions
- Spread the word
License
Tobii is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.
6 years ago