How to enable lightbox for Slideshow, Carousel and Stack Gallery blocks

By default, Squarespace users can only enable lightbox for their Gallery Grid blocks, while Slideshow, carousel, and stack gallery blocks don't support a lightbox, but with our plugin Lightbox Studio - Premium Squarespace lightbox plugin, it is possible to support lightbox for those type of galleries, let’s explore how

How to enable Lightbox

If you add a Gallery block to your page, the Lightbox option and Lightbox theme will be available when a Grid gallery type is selected, but do you know the Lightbox settings persist even when you switch the gallery types!? We will take advantage of this feature in order to turn on/off for the galleries per-instance

Grid Gallery settings

To achieve this, let’s follow this

• Purchase and Activate the Lightbox Studio plugin

• Add a Gallery block on your page or blog

• Switch its type to Grid and make sure the Lightbox checkbox is checked and the Lightbox Theme suits your need

• Press Save the page, so the lightbox settings of the block can be persisted

• Now you can switch the types of the block into whatever types you like, including: Slideshow, Carouse & Stacked

• Press Save again

and that’s it, your your gallery blocks are now lightbox enabled! No more restriction on allowed gallery types for lightbox.

Step-by-step tutorial included

15 STEPS

1. After purchased and activated Lightbox Studio
Start editing your Gallery

2. Select the Gallery Block

3. Click Edit

4. Click Design

5. Switch Design to Grid

6. Ensure Lightbox option is checked

7. Click Save

8. After Saved, edit the Gallery block again

9. Click Edit

10. Click Design

11. Switch to your previous Design, for example Carousel

12. Click Save

13. Click Exit

14. Check lightbox on Gallery block by clicking the images

15. That's it. You're done.

Here's an interactive tutorial

** Best experienced in Full Screen (click the icon in the top right corner before you begin) **

https://www.iorad.com/player/2361837/Squarespace---How-to-enable-lightbox-for-Slideshow--Carousel-and-Stack-Gallery-with-Lightbox-Studio

Next step

Clickthrough URL and lightbox

Let’s explore how the clickthrough URL work with the new Lightbox settings gallery blocks

Block Layout	Clickthrough URL images	Lightbox caption
Grid	- Clicking the image opens the lightbox instead of the URL. - This is Squarespace default behavior.	- Supported
Carousel	- Click the image open the URL.	- Supported
Slideshow	- Click the image open the URL.	- Supported
Stack	- Click the image open the URL.	- Supported: title or description is saved on the image as alt attribute

You can preview all the supported galleries on this page