I'm using Lightbox 2 for an image set. When a visitor of my website clicks on a thumbnail in that set, it'll show:

• The enlarged version of the image
• Underneath that: the description (taken from the <a> title attribute)
• Underneath that: the text 'Image x of x' ('Image 1 of 12', for example)

Does anyone know where to translate/change the 'Image x of x' text? I've searched through the Lightbox script and CSS files, but can't find the text anywhere.

Some additional info: I'm not using Wordpress or Drupal or any other CMS. I've found some solutions for the issue above, but these all point to files that only seem come with the Lightbox plugins for these CMSes.

I'm using Lightbox 2 for an image set. When a visitor of my website clicks on a thumbnail in that set, it'll show:

• The enlarged version of the image
• Underneath that: the description (taken from the <a> title attribute)
• Underneath that: the text 'Image x of x' ('Image 1 of 12', for example)

Does anyone know where to translate/change the 'Image x of x' text? I've searched through the Lightbox script and CSS files, but can't find the text anywhere.

Some additional info: I'm not using Wordpress or Drupal or any other CMS. I've found some solutions for the issue above, but these all point to files that only seem come with the Lightbox plugins for these CMSes.

• javascript
• lightbox2

3 Answers 3

With newer lightbox versions, you can use it like other options: Example:

lightbox.option({
    'resizeDuration': 200,
    'wrapAround': true,
    'showImageNumberLabel': true,
    'albumLabel': 'Bild %1 von %2',
});

Take a look in /js/lightbox.js at line 29-31:

LightboxOptions.prototype.albumLabel = function(curImageNum, albumSize) {
  return "Image " + curImageNum + " of " + albumSize;
};

Translate the strings in any language / text you want to.

Based on this version: https://github.com/lokesh/lightbox2/blob/master/js/lightbox.js

You can also just use the global object to set the value:

let category = 'Flowers';
lightbox.options.albumLabel = 'Image %1 of %2 - ' + category;