modal image popups

Question

I have seen a few sites that have a thumbnail and when you click it, it enlarges the image in a modal like popup. Can anyone tell me how this is done?

Thanks!

Answer 1

It is done with lightbox. There are several other scripts that do this, for example a jquery plugin.

Answer 2

Jquery is an easy way to implement a modal popup. It is usually done using one of the many plugins.

• piroBox
• FancyBox
• prettyPhoto
• nyroModal
• thickbox

The list goes on and on. You can view the top 23 here

Answer 3

you should also be able to do it with ajax in .net. Here is a dialog box sample, you may be able to modify for your usage. http://www.asp.net/ajax/ajaxcontroltoolkit/samples/modalpopup/modalpopup.aspx