How to launch jQuery Fancybox on page load?

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Blegger picture Blegger · Apr 30, 2009 · Viewed 319.7k times · Source

I would like to launch a Fancybox (e.g. Fancybox's version of a modal or light box) on page load. I could bind it to a hidden anchor tag and fire the click event of that anchor tag via JavaScript, but I would rather just launch the Fancybox directly and avoid the extra anchor tag.

Answer

Blegger picture Blegger · May 4, 2009

Fancybox currently does not directly support a way to automatically launch. The work around I was able to get working is creating a hidden anchor tag and triggering it's click event. Make sure your call to trigger the click event is included after the jQuery and Fancybox JS files are included. The code I used is as follows:

This sample script is embedded directly in the HTML, but it could also be included in a JS file.

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

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