I use jQuery and Prototype in this web application that I am developing. I am looking for a way to use Lightbox v2.04 from Lokesh Dhakar to play flash movies. If this is not possible with Lightbox v2.04, then in what other ways can I pop up a pop-up pop-up with shading using jquery and / or Prototype? The reason I installed in version 2.0 is because I already use it as a gallery of images. I use FLV files if this helps.
I used LightWindow to display arbitrary HTML before, but my experience shows that flash and LightWindow don't mix very well.
We had a FLV player in the background (not in LightWindow), and LightWindow caused flickering in some browsers.
Another alternative is to use the jQuery Thickbox plugin .
Three commercially free lightbox methods that will support the swf and flv formats, PrettyPhoto , TopUp and Bumpbox. Here is a list of other options. Sorry, I can only give two hyperlinks as a new user.
Highslide , Prettyphoto and multibox are the best for this.
Check Out Lightbox Left Wild
I used lightwindow 2.0 to successfully view flash movies in the portfolio section at www.brainclippings.com.
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FlashInLightbox to display flash inside lightboxhttp://code.google.com/p/flashinlightbox/
PrettyPhoto is a great jQuery plugin that supports flash and image galleries. Please note that at the time I wrote this, version 2.2.5 does not support flash, but download for vesion 2.2.2 is still available, which supports flash.
I had the same problem and went for multibox .
Like images and flvs, it works with wmvs, quicktime, realmedia and mp3.
The documentation is sparse, but good enough so you can integrate quickly.
I'm going to cast my vote for fancybox . I have used it for numerous projects and it launches some serious $$.