Question

Hi you probably think this is a dumb question but I am trying to get titles added to fancy box 2. I know very little about javascript but have this at the bottom of my html

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
    $(".fancybox").fancybox();
});
</script>

AND if I try to add in

$(".fancybox")
.attr('rel', 'gallery')
.fancybox({
    beforeLoad: function() {
        this.title = $(this.element).attr('caption');
}
});

I get all sorts of syntax errors.

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Answer 1

Your current script is :

 $(document).ready(function() {
  $(".fancybox").fancybox({
   helpers : { 
    title : { type : 'inside' }
   }, // helpers
   afterLoad : function() {
    this.title = (this.title ? '' + this.title + '<br />' : '') + 'Image ' + (this.index + 1) + ' of ' + this.group.length;
   } // afterLoad
  }); // fancybox
 }); // ready

… but should be (if you don’t want to have “page 1 of 6”) :

 $(document).ready(function() {
  $(".fancybox").fancybox({
   helpers : { 
    title : { type : 'inside' }
   } // helpers
  }); // fancybox
 }); // ready

On the other hand, if you prefer to use a caption attribute (because the title shows up as tooltip when you hover the images) the change title by caption like

<a href="images/Gallery/large/wing-back-chair.jpg" caption="Early 1900'....." rel="Sold" class="fancybox"><img width="304" height="350" alt="Winged back chair and ottoman" src="images/Gallery/tn/wing-back-chair.jpg"></a>

and use this script

 $(document).ready(function() {
  $(".fancybox").fancybox({
   helpers : { 
    title : { type : 'inside' }
   }, // helpers
   beforeLoad: function() {
    this.title = $(this.element).attr('caption');
   }
  }); // fancybox
 }); // ready