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CSS needed here:
#largeImage
{
position: absolute;
left: 50%;
top: 50%;
visibility: visible;
}
Dead Centre modified from: Dead Centre a Div.
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// For a link like <a href="one.jpg"><img src="oneThumbNail.jpg" /></a> $('a').hover(function(e) { // Mouse on // Get the linked large image from thumbnail anchor's href var href = $(this).attr('href'); // Get the alternative text of the thumbnailed image var altText = $(this).children().attr('alt'); // Create a containing div#horizon and inside of it create an image from the large version of the thumbnail // Hide the image to begin with, and append it to the body element $('<img id="largeImage" src="' + href + '" alt="large version of '+ altText +'" />') .hide() .appendTo('body'); // Get the width and height of the new image, and calculate the margin-top: and margin-left: values necessary to deadCentre the image var imgWidth = $('img#largeImage').attr('width'); var imgHeight = $('img#largeImage').attr('height'); var topVal = -(imgHeight/2); var leftVal = -(imgWidth/2); // Apply the necessary css to deadCentre the image $('img#largeImage').css({'margin-top': topVal, 'margin-left': leftVal}); // Make the image visible $('img#largeImage').show() }, function() { // Mouse off // Remove the image from the DOM $('img#largeImage').remove(); }); // Render the anchor unclickable $('a').click(function() { return false; });
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