The Light Table, Designed Pattern, Pattern Paste Canonical: https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/lighttable/ Designed Patterns (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/) Gallery (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/?category=gallery) Needs the plugin # The Light Table A numbered architectural contact sheet with generous photographs and quiet captions. Open each image in a keyboard-friendly lightbox and browse the collection at full size. ## All patterns Search patterns Loading patterns… About this pattern ## Where The Light Table fits Suits a photography or architecture page where every image should be seen in order and at full size, without a slider hiding any. ### Use it for - Architectural photography series - Project photo record - Photographer's contact sheet - Exhibition image list What you can edit ## Every word, image and link is a WordPress block Select any of them in the block editor and change it in place. Colours, type and spacing use the blocks’ own controls. The layout stays protected while you edit. Unlock layout, in the section’s settings, lets you insert, move and remove any block. - 6 images all required - 1 heading required - 9 text lines all optional - 6 items Add item or Remove last item; 1 always stays ### Section settings - Appearance: Designed or Use my theme - Animate changes - Unlock layout How it behaves ## It still works when things are switched off Select a photograph to open it full size in a viewer with its caption. Previous and next buttons or arrow keys move through the set; Escape or Close returns you to the grid. Motion off or reduced motion Nothing here animates, so nothing changes. JavaScript off All content stays visible and readable; controls the script adds are hidden. Plugin missing or older It pastes as plain WordPress blocks, in reading order, without the designed layout. Questions ## The Light Table: common questions What is The Light Table for? Suits a photography or architecture page where every image should be seen in order and at full size, without a slider hiding any. Typical uses: architectural photography series, project photo record, photographer's contact sheet and exhibition image list. Does The Light Table need a plugin? Yes. Designed Patterns come with a subscription, which includes the Pattern Paste plugin that runs them; The Light Table arrived in plugin 0.35.0. Without the plugin, or on an older version, it pastes as plain WordPress blocks: the content reads in order, without the designed layout. What can I edit in The Light Table? As pasted it has 6 images, 1 heading and 9 text lines, 9 of them optional and removable. The items are a repeatable set: the item controls add one or remove the last. The layout stays protected while you edit. Unlock layout, in the section’s settings, lets you insert, move and remove any block. Will The Light Table match my theme? Choose Designed to keep its own palette and type, or Use my theme to let it follow your theme’s colours and fonts. Either works in any block theme on WordPress 7.0 or later. Choose Use my theme in the preview above to see it follow a theme before you copy. Does The Light Table animate? No. Its script only adds the controls, and with JavaScript off all content stays visible. Back to Designed Patterns (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/?category=gallery) One-time setup ## Install once, then paste Install and activate the Pattern Paste plugin on your WordPress site. Then paste this section into the block editor. Get the plugin (https://patternpaste.com/account/#themes)Installation guide (https://patternpaste.com/docs/install-pattern-paste/) ## Specifications Section Gallery Needs Pattern Paste plugin Since Plugin 0.35.0 Appearance Designed or your theme Motion None Themes Any block theme WordPress 7.0+ Tested In WordPress, 10 checks (https://patternpaste.com/how-we-test/) Continue exploring ## More in Gallery Explore this category (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/?category=gallery) Gallery Needs the plugin ### Offbeat Project Deck Oversized type, tilted project cards and a tactile selector. A layered portfolio with an acid-yellow authored look, or the colours and type of your own theme. Preview pattern (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/deck/) Gallery Needs the plugin ### The Long Way Round A borderless travel filmstrip with alternating landscape and portrait crops, a cobalt-and-tangerine authored palette and a continuous ribbon you can drag in either direction. Preview pattern (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/photoroll/) Gallery Needs the plugin ### The Print Room Mounted photographs in a warm studio print room, with generous borders, edition notes and a moving image ribbon you can grab and drag. Preview pattern (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/printroom/)