How to add lightbox effect to amp-carousel in Google AMP ?

Last Updated : 29 Oct, 2020

The amp-carousel is used to make an image carousel in an AMP HTML page. In AMP HTML, it is also possible to add a lightbox effect to an amp-carousel using amp-lightbox-gallery given that amp-carousel only contains images in them.

Required Script: Importing amp-carousel component into the header.

HTML

<script async custom-element="amp-carousel"
    src="https://cdn.ampproject.org/v0/amp-carousel-0.1.js"> 
</script>

Importing amp-lightbox-gallery component into the header

HTML

<script async custom-element="amp-lightbox-gallery" 
        src="https://cdn.ampproject.org/v0/amp-lightbox-gallery-0.1.js"> 
</script>

Example:

HTML

<!doctype html> 
<html ⚡> 
  
<head> 
    <meta charset="utf-8"> 
    <link rel="canonical" href= 
"https://amp.dev/documentation/examples/components/amp-lightbox-gallery/index.html"> 
  
    <meta name="viewport" content= 
"width=device-width,minimum-scale=1,initial-scale=1"> 
  
    <script async src= 
        "https://cdn.ampproject.org/v0.js"> 
    </script> 
      
    <script async custom-element="amp-carousel" 
src="https://cdn.ampproject.org/v0/amp-carousel-0.1.js"> 
    </script> 
  
    <title>Google AMP amp-lightbox-gallery</title> 
  
    <!-- Import the amp-lightbox-gallery  
        component in the header.  -->
    <script async custom-element="amp-lightbox-gallery"
src="https://cdn.ampproject.org/v0/amp-lightbox-gallery-0.1.js"> 
    </script> 
  
    <style amp-boilerplate> 
        body { 
            -webkit-animation: -amp-start 8s  
                steps(1, end) 0s 1 normal both; 
  
            -moz-animation: -amp-start 8s  
                steps(1, end) 0s 1 normal both; 
  
            -ms-animation: -amp-start 8s  
                steps(1, end) 0s 1 normal both; 
  
            animation: -amp-start 8s  
                steps(1, end) 0s 1 normal both; 
        } 
  
        @-webkit-keyframes -amp-start { 
            from { 
                visibility: hidden 
            } 
  
            to { 
                visibility: visible 
            } 
        } 
  
        @-moz-keyframes -amp-start { 
            from { 
                visibility: hidden 
            } 
  
            to { 
                visibility: visible 
            } 
        } 
  
        @-ms-keyframes -amp-start { 
            from { 
                visibility: hidden 
            } 
  
            to { 
                visibility: visible 
            } 
        } 
  
        @-o-keyframes -amp-start { 
            from { 
                visibility: hidden 
            } 
  
            to { 
                visibility: visible 
            } 
        } 
  
        @keyframes -amp-start { 
            from { 
                visibility: hidden 
            } 
  
            to { 
                visibility: visible 
            } 
        } 
    </style> 
  
    <noscript> 
        <style amp-boilerplate> 
            body { 
                -webkit-animation: none; 
                -moz-animation: none; 
                -ms-animation: none; 
                animation: none 
            } 
        </style> 
    </noscript> 
      
    <style amp-custom> 
        :root { 
            --color-primary: #005AF0; 
            --color-text-light: #fff; 
            --space-1: .5rem; 
            --space-2: 1rem; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <amp-carousel lightbox width="1600" 
        height="1300" layout="responsive"
        type="slides"> 
        <amp-img src= 
"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20201027070147/gg.jpg"
            width="200"
            height="100"> 
        </amp-img> 
          
        <amp-img src= 
"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/cdn-uploads/20200817185016/gfg_complete_logo_2x-min.png"
            width="200" height="100"> 
        </amp-img> 
          
        <amp-img src= 
"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20201027070147/gg.jpg"
            width="200"
            height="100"> 
        </amp-img> 
    </amp-carousel> 
</body> 
  
</html>