Hi @gapd,
I have tested and the NextGEN Legacy: gallery-caption template is responsible and it will actually resize once with the window and allow the entire caption to be readable in case that the theme’s content container is responsive.
I would try to temporarily activate a theme from the Twenty series and try again to see if that will change anything.
Thread Starter
GAPD
(@gapd)
Hi, thanks for getting back to me. Unfortunately switching to Twenty series themes has the same result. You can only see the very top of the caption that is below the image, and everything below that is cut off and no ability to scroll.
G.
Thread Starter
GAPD
(@gapd)
Looking back through other support threads I have I remembered that you had given me the following code to use in order to place the caption below the image instead of being over the image. Might this be creating the issue I’m having with the caption getting cut off?
Plugin Supportmihai-imagely (@mihaiimagely)
3 months, 4 weeks ago
We haven’t tested it but you can try to add the following CSS rule to “Gallery -> Other Options -> Styles” to see if it will help move the captions below the image with SimpleLightbox:
.sl-wrapper .sl-image .sl-caption {
position: relative !important;
}
Sorry, I have initially thought that you were asking about the captions from gallery-caption template’s thumbnails and not from the lighbox effect.
You are correct – it is most likely because of that CSS rule since it will not work correctly in case of large captions. Please undo it to use it’s default overlay position to be able to see the entire caption ( this may cover a good part of the image though ).
Note that the lightboxes are optimized to work with one or 2 lines of captions and we don’t really have solutions for big amounts of text as captions.
Thread Starter
GAPD
(@gapd)
Thanks. Yeah, that won’t work for me as I need the captions to not obscure the images.
Is it possible, it I remove that CSS, to have the captions come up over the images only when you hover the mouse over the image, but if you move the mouse away, then the captions disappear and you can see the entire image?
Thanks,
G.
Unfortunately, there isn’t such a setting or easy CSS implementation that would allow the caption to show up on hover. You may want to hire a developer for some help with that.
