# Old, boring question about gallery + slideshow / lightbox **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\ **Created:** [December 25, 2015, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/old-boring-question-about-gallery-slideshow-lightbox/4694 "2015-12-25T09:30:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Trystero](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/trystero/32/725_2.png) [@Trystero](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Trystero)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/old-boring-question-about-gallery-slideshow-lightbox/4694/1 "2015-12-25T09:30:17Z")
Most of my questions are about gallery /slideshow / lightbox, because I work with pictures and I make pages for people who work with pictures. But I still haven’t find a"perfect" addon that fits all my needs. Yesterday I realized a page for my father who wants (next spring) to setup an exposition/sale of his pictures for charity (an old church that needs restoration): [sanfrancesco.asassuolo.it](http://sanfrancesco.asassuolo.it) I used Nick Cates\*\* Light Page\*\*, to have pictures + description. I wrote only the titles, the next step will be the full description of the locations. But there is an issue. The same old issue I always encounter in many gallery/lightbox/slideshows. The vertical pictures exit the display, in desktop, tablet and phones. And in the NK Light Page there are no controls to fit the pictures in displays, both width and height. Do you know if there is an addon with these features? ---
**Author:** ![instacks](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/instacks/32/23339_2.png) [@instacks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/instacks)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/old-boring-question-about-gallery-slideshow-lightbox/4694/2 "2015-12-25T11:39:38Z")
What do you mean with “exit the display” ? ---
**Author:** ![kryten](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/kryten/32/5313_2.png) [@kryten](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/kryten)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/old-boring-question-about-gallery-slideshow-lightbox/4694/3 "2015-12-25T13:38:41Z")
Would it be possible to provide a link to a site or page which already does exactly what you would like? ---
**Author:** ![Rovertek](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/rovertek/32/223_2.png) [@Rovertek](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Rovertek)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/old-boring-question-about-gallery-slideshow-lightbox/4694/4 "2015-12-25T16:00:38Z")
Hi, @Trystero, I believe the **Image Gallery** from **Cosculture** might fit your requirements. Also, **HV Slider** which is included with some themes from **Henk Vrieselaar**. And BTW, there is no ideal solution, even with the most recent stacks of this type. But keep lookin’… 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Trystero](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/trystero/32/725_2.png) [@Trystero](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Trystero)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/old-boring-question-about-gallery-slideshow-lightbox/4694/5 "2015-12-25T16:42:29Z")
Here are some screenshots: Homepage with thumbnails [Home page with thumbnails](http://i.imgur.com/XGmfHvc.jpg) Single item page. In my 24" display I see the full pictures, both horizontal and vertical [24" display](http://i.imgur.com/FujLazt.jpg) But in my sister’s laptop only half of the vertical pictures are visible [Laptop](http://i.imgur.com/2lWcHW1.jpg) In NK Light Page I can choose the usual _Fill_, _Flexible_, _Fixed_ and _Float_ settings for every single page (a stack containing a picture + text stacks). In _Flexible_ I can set only the width until 100%, not the height. Maybe NK Light page is not the right addon for showing vertical pictures. Maybe it works well as a shop catalogue as in the demo page: [https://nickcatesdesign.com/preview/rapidweaver/lightpage/#canby](https://nickcatesdesign.com/preview/rapidweaver/lightpage/#canby) For this reason I am looking for a similar addon, with a thumbnails page with titles, and the single item pages responsive in both width and height when I have horizontal or vertical pictures. ---
**Author:** ![instacks](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/instacks/32/23339_2.png) [@instacks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/instacks)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/old-boring-question-about-gallery-slideshow-lightbox/4694/6 "2015-12-25T17:32:02Z")
Your are only getting a responsive (width and height) picture in a modal window (lightbox). You will not get this in (IMO beautiful) NCD light page, as this one is not a modal window, but a scroll-able page. Browsers are only able to deliver the max width setting to the html page, and therefore, the picture cannot be resized in the height (only in the width). If you search for a modal page (lightbox), my same (as always - and boring 😉) answer: [http://demo.instacks.com/gallerystack/photoswipe/](http://demo.instacks.com/gallerystack/photoswipe/) But I know you own this already… Cheers, Jannis ---
**Author:** ![Trystero](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/trystero/32/725_2.png) [@Trystero](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Trystero)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/old-boring-question-about-gallery-slideshow-lightbox/4694/7 "2015-12-25T17:55:42Z")
Thank you for the clear explanation about the reason why NCD Light Page (I agree it’s a beautiful stack) s not the solution I am looking for. And yes, I purchased GalleryStack, but unfortunately it is a very good lightbox, without the possibility to add text stacks under the pictures. Maybe a solution will be TWO kind of pages: a catalogue with small pictures and text stacks made with NCD Light Page (my father wrote some very long descriptions for some pictures) + another page made with your GalleryStack, with only pictures and titles. I have time, because the exhibition will be next spring. ---
**Author:** ![instacks](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/instacks/32/23339_2.png) [@instacks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/instacks)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/old-boring-question-about-gallery-slideshow-lightbox/4694/8 "2015-12-25T19:52:41Z")
Thanks for the explanation. Yes, currently, it is only possible to add a relatively small caption underneath the photo. But let me test, with a little bit of CSS, it would be possible to make this area a lot larger, and you could use more text there. Maybe you can give me a word count / character amount of your descriptions, and I will double check what can be done. ---
**Author:** ![mastermix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@mastermix](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mastermix)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/old-boring-question-about-gallery-slideshow-lightbox/4694/9 "2015-12-26T02:34:17Z")
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**Author:** ![mastermix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@mastermix](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mastermix)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/old-boring-question-about-gallery-slideshow-lightbox/4694/10 "2015-12-26T07:24:32Z")
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**Author:** ![Trystero](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/trystero/32/725_2.png) [@Trystero](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Trystero)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/old-boring-question-about-gallery-slideshow-lightbox/4694/11 "2015-12-27T20:34:22Z")
@instacks Thank you for the kind offer of customization, but many times the text my father wrote for his pictures are very long, in some cases long as the ones in the Nick Cates demo page: [https://nickcatesdesign.com/preview/rapidweaver/lightpage/#canby-select](https://nickcatesdesign.com/preview/rapidweaver/lightpage/#canby-select) I think the best solution could be having two pages: the “catalog” with small pictures and long text, the “lightbox/slideshow” with the responsive pictures to be seen in different sized displays. ---
**Author:** ![Trystero](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/trystero/32/725_2.png) [@Trystero](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Trystero)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/old-boring-question-about-gallery-slideshow-lightbox/4694/12 "2015-12-27T20:40:35Z")
@mastermix Thank you for the example. Now I know that, for the “catalog” I will have to resize all the vertical picture to fit the same space of the horizontals (maybe adding a pale grey background?). Then I will add another page, with another kind of stack, to show the pictures in full screen size. ---
**Author:** ![mastermix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@mastermix](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mastermix)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/old-boring-question-about-gallery-slideshow-lightbox/4694/13 "2015-12-27T21:42:35Z")
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**Author:** ![tappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@tappo](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/tappo)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/old-boring-question-about-gallery-slideshow-lightbox/4694/14 "2015-12-28T22:12:21Z")
Have you tried this? [https://www.doobox.co.uk/stacks\_store/demos/imageplus.html](https://www.doobox.co.uk/stacks_store/demos/imageplus.html) ---
**Author:** ![Trystero](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/trystero/32/725_2.png) [@Trystero](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Trystero)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/old-boring-question-about-gallery-slideshow-lightbox/4694/15 "2015-12-29T11:02:57Z")
@mastermix I read the manual, and the layout of the page I made is the _Light Page_ demo site I downloaded from NK pages. But there are no controls on the height of the pictures, while the width fills the page content. I cannot set \> Picture max height = display height. For this reason I wrote that I will rearrange all the vertical pictures as if they were at the center of an horizontal card. This way I will have a more equable “catalog”, with pages of the same size and titles/texts starting around the same point. As I see in your example page. Then I will setup another page with pictures only, no text no titles, as I made in [my website] ([http://www.diegocuoghi.it/fotografia/sculture/index.html](http://www.diegocuoghi.it/fotografia/sculture/index.html)). ---
**Author:** ![mastermix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@mastermix](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mastermix)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 4:05am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/old-boring-question-about-gallery-slideshow-lightbox/4694/16 "2015-12-31T04:05:33Z")
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**Author:** ![Trystero](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/trystero/32/725_2.png) [@Trystero](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Trystero)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/old-boring-question-about-gallery-slideshow-lightbox/4694/17 "2015-12-31T10:11:05Z")
The thumbnails work perfectly in NK Light Page. I have no problems with thumbnails. My problem is the oversize of the vertical pictures in the Light Page pages. I resized the vertical pictures to have uniformity in the different [pages with text](http://sanfrancesco.asassuolo.it/#8---madonna-di-piazza-piccola) (the catalog). Then I will add a simple pictures slideshow without text.