Display of image attachments would benefit from a lightbox treatment #21

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opened 2021-01-11 18:26:09 +00:00 by cbabcock · 0 comments

cbabcock commented

2021-01-11 18:26:09 +00:00

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While a lightbox plugin and the framework dependencies likely for such are clearly offscope for Epicyon, a progressive enhancement (onclick handler) could open a layer in the foreground with the image and close it with a click. If JavaScript is a hard WILL NOT IMPLEMENT, a CSS solution might be possible

Current behavior is that displaying images navigates away from the current page. While using the back button is a reasonable expectation to return to content, it no longer feels polished or professional by the colonizer standards pervasive on the web While a lightbox plugin and the framework dependencies likely for such are clearly offscope for Epicyon, a progressive enhancement (onclick handler) could open a layer in the foreground with the image and close it with a click. If JavaScript is a hard WILL NOT IMPLEMENT, a CSS solution might be possible

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