Lightbox Returns

In October of this year, Blogger made a major modify to the display of images together with photos, inward our weblog posts. As we've seen a few times, this modify was non provided every bit an pick - together with was non received graciously yesteryear all weblog owners. After receiving a meaning sum of complaints, Blogger removed Lightbox from our blogs ikon display.

Last week, having redesigned the Lightbox feature, Blogger released it for a mo attempt.

Thanks to your feedback, nosotros turned Lightbox off temporarily, together with we’re re-launching it today alongside the pick to disable it, along alongside a handful of fixes to bugs that y'all reported.

As alongside whatsoever Blogger feature, it directly deserves a closer look.

Lightbox is directly provided every bit an pick - "Open images inward Lightbox". In the Classic GUI, it's selected inward Settings - Formatting; inward the New GUI (2011), it's selected inward Settings - "Posts together with comments".


When y'all click on the ikon to the left, y'all volition larn an overlay, which covers the postal service display.


As alongside diverse like Google photograph displays, y'all await for the white on dark "X", inward the upper correct corner of the window. Click on the "X" to render to the blog, every bit previously displayed.

Blogger has stated that the setting enables or disables it for the entire blog.

we've besides created an pick to disable it per blog

Separately, they besides stated that the setting is disabled, yesteryear default. You mightiness create good to cheque your setting at to the lowest degree once, every bit unopen to folks accept institute the setting enabled, yesteryear default.

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