# IFrame Lightboxes **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/iframe-lightboxes/89853 **Category:** Theme component **Tags:** broken **Created:** [June 14, 2018, 6:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/iframe-lightboxes/89853 "2018-06-14T06:56:22Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 13
### Author: ![denvergeeks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/denvergeeks/32/327671_2.png) [@denvergeeks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/denvergeeks) #### Post date: [October 20, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/iframe-lightboxes/89853/13 "2022-10-20T13:53:43Z")
Here is one method for including an iFrame Lightbox inside a clickable inline text element … The [Discourse Footnotes Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-footnote/84533) accepts HTML as well as Markdown inside popup footnotes. So for example this code … ![discourse-editing-inline-footnotes](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/8/d/4/8d482cbb207177a814d2ffe009a637f63229bc0f.png) … generates this clickable popup footnote containing a mini iFrame with the **Expand content** button on the top right corner … ![iFrame-Lightbox-Inside-Inline-Footnote](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/e/6/b/e6b59533aa06c54860a1e7062afbf18005956ba7.jpeg) To make this work I have (in site settings) enabled both **enable markdown footnotes** and **display footnotes inline** … ![discourse-footnotes-options](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/1/e/b/1ebfe0d0fc528bf22753ad4bedfd4a4c055ce417.png) Then I added that site’s domain name (_[microchic.com](http://microchic.com)_) to the **allowed iframes** list in site settings … ![discourse-allowed-iframes-setting](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/8/c/08c8ffc25118de8172bbb9f47b8763cb876b2583.png) … and also in the list of **iframe origin domains** in the iFrame Lightbox Plugin settings … ![discourse-iframe-lightbox-settings](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/8/b/d8b6444fb551b154fa1ec5eb3814cd327b636a03.png) You can try it out live here … > **[Features Plugins and Tools](https://noobish.me/t/features-plugins-and-tools/165)** > > \[Not all of these still work - in progress…\] ▶ Table of contents --\> This post is a quick reference tool for authors on this site. All of the features, plugins, tools, code snippets and online services used in the Post Composer/Editor on this... --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/iframe-lightboxes/89853)._