We recently introduced an updated lightbox, built using PhotoSwipe, to improve the experience of viewing images and related files on Discourse. This new functionality has been rolled out across all our communities, so you can experience it in your community once you’ve updated to the latest version of Discourse.
What’s changed?
The changes here are pretty subtle. For the most part, the lightbox should function like you’d expect based on similar experiences in other applications.
When you click or tap an image, it opens within the lightbox and increases in size to make it easier for you to see. From there, you can download the image, view the original image, and zoom. If there are multiple images in the post, you can use navigate between them here, too.
It works great on mobile, too, where you can use common gestures like swiping and pinch-zooming.
Here are some images you can use to try it out:
Please let us know if you have any questions, notice any issues with the new lightbox, or have suggestions for further improvements!