# eleventy-plugin-img-magnifier : zoom image to fullscreen Enlarge images and create a lightbox to view fullscreen. When hovering an img, the cursor is changed as a magnifying glass to indicates to the user that the img can be enlarged. A click and the img appears enlarged, through a fade-in animation and the background get darker. A click outside the image quit the enlarged view. [showcase.webm](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ee2c8c07-c4d7-4fe6-8b32-40afb5419713) ![[A user clicks on a blog image, the image appears fullscreen on a darker background in a fade-in animation, the user clicks outside and the image disappear](./showcase.webm)] You have nothing particular to do, the plugin automatically handle your existing images ## Installation ```bash npm install eleventy-plugin-img-magnifier ``` Then register it in your config .eleventy.js file : ```js import imgMagnifier from "eleventy-plugin-img-magnifier" export default function(eleventyConfig) { eleventyConfig.addPlugin(imgMagnifier) } ``` Place the `{% imgmagnifier %}` shortcode on your desired pages/templates in the ``of your HTML file ## How does it work ? When the image is clicked, a js script loads and dynamically inserts a `` HTML modal right before the image in its container. When the outside of the modal is clicked the `dialog` automatically disappears. The overall is styled and transitioned via native CSS `@starting-style` rule and `` targeting. Now supporting : - native light dismiss - keyboard navigation (ESC to close) ## Progressive enhancement New `` `closedby="any"` attribute allows to light dismiss the element without any JS (was not possible on `` until May 2025). Still keeping the JS function that allows legacy closing till [Baseline](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLDialogElement/closedBy#browser_compatibility). ## Requirements It's based on ESM so Eleventy 3.0 minimum is required.