twitter/bootstrap — Issue #2465: Lightboxes
Author: Anahkiasen
Created: 2012-03-08 17:13:03+00:00
State: open

I know this has been asked several times, all answered by "There are modals for that". But I still think an effortless lightbox plugin should be present in Bootstrap, considering how crucial have lightboxes become nowadays.

Plugins like [Colorbox](http://jacklmoore.com/colorbox/) let you create lightboxes on your images simply by putting a *rel* tag on a picture and initiating colorbox(). If I want to do the same thing with Bootstrap, I have to manually create the div#modal in my body for every picture that I want in a lightbox, and that doesn't allow for slideshows, image resizing etc.

I'm aware that for every plugin request there is in the Issues list, it's always possible to answer "You can just add it yourself" and it is true - I can just do like I did in the old days and add Colorbox to every website I want lightboxes in. But that's not my point, Bootstrap is made to speed up the creation of a website by giving an easy access to the most commonly used tools and assets. But while I don't think people use Scrollspy-like navigation or progress bars every day, I see lightboxes on 90% of the websites I go to.
So in my opinion - and only mine - I think you should reconsider one last time the add of lightboxes in Bootstrap, for the benefit of everyone.