Lightbox_me aims to be a simple solution to lightbox a DOM element without having all the fanciness of all the lightbox-related plug-ins out there. It’s an essential tool for the jQuery developer’s toolbox. Feed it a DOM element wrapped in a jQuery object and it will lightbox it for you, no muss no fuss.

Features include:

• Handles overlay resize when the window is resized
• Handles overlay size in cases where the document is smaller than the window
• Handles position: fixed in all browsers
• Position: fixed automatically swaps to position: absolute when the window size is smaller than the modal, so the user can scroll to see the contents
• Tiny footprint (just over 1000 bytes gzipped & compressed)
• Small DOM overhead (adds 1 DOM element for the overlay)
• Dynamic iFrame shim is created and destroyed for the IE 6 select box peek issue (tested and working on HTTPS pages)