Forum:Possible alternative to gallery tag

Gallery template
I worked out a template, imitating the tag, but more similar to its old behaviour. Here is a couple of examples:

Default:

Let's change parameters:

Supported parameters:
 * width and height - width and height (in pixels) of the rectangle in which thumbnail is inscribed. Default values 120 and 120.
 * position - left, center, or right - align of gallery itself (default:center)
 * captionalign - left, center, or right - align of captions (default:left)
 * captiontextcolor - color of captions (default:black)
 * captionsize - font size of captions (for example: 8pt, 0.7em, etc.) NB: it differs from analogous parameter of tag.

Limitations in comparison to tag:
 * It looks well in Firefox 3.6 and IE8, but I'm not sure about other browsers.
 * no support of columns (or perrow) parameter
 * no "Add" button (but do you really use it?)
 * no support of bordercolor, bordersize parameters, but it can be implemented if needed
 * no support of spacing parameter (but something similar can be implemented if needed)
 * not more than 10 images yet, but this number can be easily raised up to any finite value (20 will be enough for all practical cases, I think).

So, maybe to use this template instead of gallery tag?

Ruxax 16:47, August 10, 2010 (UTC)

Discussion
That portrait one looks awesome. Really neat job. --YazzyDream 16:55, August 10, 2010 (UTC)

I tested it with Chrome 5.0 Opera 10.6 and Safari 5, no problem. Is margin 10px necessary? Tipota 17:32, August 10, 2010 (UTC)


 * This margin 10px sets distance between thumbnails, it can be changed if you want to, but I think if it were 0, gallery wouldn't look very good. Ruxax 17:56, August 10, 2010 (UTC)


 * Really good alternative I must say. Really looks and fells familiar.Mugiwara Franky 07:14, August 11, 2010 (UTC)