Skip to main content

Click Actions

List of options:

  • imageClickAction - click on image with mouse.
  • tapAction - tap on PhotoSwipe viewport content (excluding buttons).
  • doubleTapAction - double tap on anything. Tap delay is removed if this option is set to false.
  • bgClickAction - click on area around image (background), with mouse.

Supported action values

  • 'zoom' - zooms current image (depending on secondary zoom level) (default doubleTapAction).
  • 'zoom-or-close' - image will be closed if it can not be zoomed (default imageClickAction).
  • 'toggle-controls' - toggle visibility of controls (default tapAction).
  • 'next' - move to the next slide
  • 'close' - close the gallery
  • A Function that may perform any action, for example:
imageClickAction: (releasePoint, e) => {}

Click on image moves to the next slide

import PhotoSwipeLightbox from '/photoswipe/photoswipe-lightbox.esm.js';
const options = {
gallery:'#gallery--click-to-next',
children:'a',

imageClickAction: 'next',
tapAction: 'next',

pswpModule: () => import('/photoswipe/photoswipe.esm.js')
};
const lightbox = new PhotoSwipeLightbox(options);
lightbox.init();

Disable tap delay, click/tap to close

import PhotoSwipeLightbox from '/photoswipe/photoswipe-lightbox.esm.js';
const options = {
gallery:'#gallery--click-to-close',
children:'a',

initialZoomLevel: 'fill',
secondaryZoomLevel: 'fit',

imageClickAction: 'close',
tapAction: 'close',

// tap delay is removed if set to false
doubleTapAction: false,

pswpModule: () => import('/photoswipe/photoswipe.esm.js')
};
const lightbox = new PhotoSwipeLightbox(options);
lightbox.init();
/* override zoom cursor */
.pswp__img {
cursor: pointer !important;
}