Photo Click Behavior Needs A Change

Cindy

When I click on a photo & it enlarges to lightroom view… I then have to find the X to close it & return to normal view. I don't know about you'll but wouldn't it make much more sense to be able to simply click the photo again & have it return to normal viewing style rather than having to search for the X? If there's currently a place to vote for this please let me know. Otherwise I'd be happy to begin the request.

phaserbeam

Cindy wrote: »

I don't know about you'll but wouldn't it make much more sense to be able to simply click the photo again & have it return to normal viewing style rather than having to search for the X?

+1
Especially on photos with dark background the X in the upper right corner might be difficult to find.

I also would suggest that any mouse-click should return the visitor to the gallery view, just in case the user want to right-click and select "back" what is common practice on some browsers.

macromeister

The ESC key also takes you back to the gallery. But I suppose some viewers wouldn't think of that, despite ESC being a near universal backout of anything.:D

denisegoldberg

Cindy wrote: »

...more sense to be able to simply click the photo again & have it return to normal viewing style rather than having to search for the X? If there's currently a place to vote for this please let me know.

There's a request for this in the SmugMug Feature Request forum - RFC: To close fullscreen (light box) with mouse click on image, instead of X-button.

--- Denise

The Mechanic

Hello,

Unfortunately, at this time you can not click to close. However, I just created an option for you that you may be interested in using: http://www.smugocity.com/CSS/Lightbox/Lightbox-Exit-Button

Allen

The Mechanic wrote: »

Hello,

Unfortunately, at this time you can not click to close. However, I just created an option for you that you may be interested in using: http://www.smugocity.com/CSS/Lightbox/Lightbox-Exit-Button

Works great.

Might say put in "entire site" CSS.

The Mechanic

Added Note for that under code.

-Thanks

Allen

With all the different places to put CSS a lot of peeps ask "where does it go?".
Thanks

The Mechanic

That is always a question. There are so many variables, it really depends on the users needs. I will try to go through and note where to put the CSS Content block. Some will work in many locations, most will work if added to entire site. In general, think where you want the change to take place, then add a css block there. I have also have a page of gallery classes in the FAQ tab. This can be used to assign a change to a particular viewing style too.

Allen

Re-thinking it probably should go in the "all galleries" CSS. Where else is lightbox applicable.

What we really need is a way to apply something to a folder/category and have it flow down.
Like adding a different banner/logo then the site wide one. On the legacy site peeps would
use a different banner for every category.

cjyphoto

No! What we really need is for SM to fix this! I'm beginning to think this whole new design is a result of computer geeks doing things their way without any thought whatsoever as to how normal people interact with things. Inheriting = making public? Who the hell thinks up this crap?

Allen

Agreed, they need fix this. On my legacy site I changed the X to a flashing red "chose" box. This was
needed for any video in the lightbox because clicking the video did not close it.

David Evertsen

Allen wrote: »

Agreed, they need fix this. On my legacy site I changed the X to a flashing red "chose" box. This was
needed for any video in the lightbox because clicking the video did not close it.

There seems to be a large amount of "Workarounds" for stuff that worked in SM 1.0 but don't on SM 2.0... Two weeks after the unveil the issues keep getting bigger...


Thanks,

macromeister

The Mechanic wrote: »

Hello,

Unfortunately, at this time you can not click to close. However, I just created an option for you that you may be interested in using: http://www.smugocity.com/CSS/Lightbox/Lightbox-Exit-Button

The code works, but the 'X' is still there before the EXIT. The problem is you can actually type X to get back to the gallery (even without this fix) but it doesn't work from light box full screen mode (it does nothing). It makes it rather confusing. http://www.macromeister.co.uk/Images/Kitchen/i-6phzCSz/A

Had to put code in all galleries. It didn't work in all site.

BigRed

The Mechanic wrote: »

Hello,

Unfortunately, at this time you can not click to close. However, I just created an option for you that you may be interested in using: http://www.smugocity.com/CSS/Lightbox/Lightbox-Exit-Button

To me, the point of these customizations is to make it easier for the visitor to know how to get out of the LightBox. But I haven't seen anyone mention the obvious: fadeout. Is there a way to keep the X/Close button persistent (not becoming invisible at cursor inactivity)?