How to make a gallery on JavaScript

This article provides a step-by-step tutorial on how to create a Javascript gallery with a code example.

Creating a Gallery Using JavaScript

Creating a simple gallery using JavaScript can be a great way to add an interactive element to your web page. In this example, we will create a gallery using the JavaScript library jQuery and the jQuery plugin, Magnific Popup.

First, we will need to include the necessary JavaScript and CSS files. You can download the files from the jQuery and Magnific Popup websites and include them in your HTML page:

<script src="jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.magnific-popup.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="magnific-popup.css">

Next, we need to add some HTML to our page. We will create a div with an id of "gallery" and inside that div, we will add a list of images. Each image will have a link to the full size version of the image. For example:

<div id="gallery">
    <a href="image1.jpg"><img src="image1_thumbnail.jpg"></a>
    <a href="image2.jpg"><img src="image2_thumbnail.jpg"></a>
    <a href="image3.jpg"><img src="image3_thumbnail.jpg"></a>
    <a href="image4.jpg"><img src="image4_thumbnail.jpg"></a>
</div>

Now, we need to add some JavaScript to initialize the Magnific Popup plugin and create our gallery. We will use the following code:

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('#gallery').magnificPopup({
        delegate: 'a',
        type: 'image',
        gallery: {
            enabled: true
        }
    });
});

This code will initialize the Magnific Popup plugin and set the gallery option to true. This will tell the plugin to create a gallery of all the images in the #gallery div.

Now, when you view the page, you will have a simple gallery of images that can be opened in a lightbox. You can also customize the Magnific Popup plugin to add additional features to your gallery.