Question

i am using following way to open the image in light box but it opens the image which is selected i want that when i click any image it should open another images how to do this

<script type="text/javascript" >
    $(document).ready(function(){
        $(".linkbutton").click(function(){
            var address= $(this).attr("src");
            $("#popup").fadeIn("slow");
            $("#lightbox").attr("src",address);
        });
        $("#close").click(function(){
            $("#popup").fadeOut("fast");
        });
    });
</script>

Following in body

<div>
    <img src="image/smallicon_2.png" class="linkbutton">
</div> 

<div id="popup">
    <div id="center">
        <img id="lightbox" src="image/popup_page_1.png" >
        <img id="close" src="images/close.png" alt="close" >
    </div>  <!-- #center --> 
</div>

Answer 1

Add an attribute in the image element to reference the new image:

<img src="image/smallicon_2.png" class="linkbutton" data-light="image/bigimage_2.png" />

Then replace:

var address= $(this).attr("src");

with:

var address= $(this).attr("data-light");