Title: Closing lightobox
Last modified: May 12, 2018

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# Closing lightobox

 *  Resolved [quidger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/quidger/)
 * (@quidger)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/closing-lightobox/)
 * Is there a way of closing the lightbox apart from clicking on outside or “close”
   button?
 * Also, how do I open a link from inside the lightbox in a normal window? I want
   to add a link to the main site page.
 * Cheers!

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 *  Plugin Author [arisoft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arisoft/)
 * (@arisoft)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/closing-lightobox/#post-10284826)
 * Hello
 * The following javascript code closes the lightbox:
 * `jQuery.fancybox.close()`
 * Add target=”_top” attribute to anchor element(s) on the page which is loaded 
   into the lightbox. HTML code will look like:
 * `<a href="PAGE_URL" target="_top">Open in main browser's window</a>`
 *  Thread Starter [quidger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/quidger/)
 * (@quidger)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/closing-lightobox/#post-10285087)
 * Thank you for the answer [@arisoft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arisoft/)
 * The second function works fine, but I struggle with the first one.
    I added custom
   JC in plugin settings and tried making a button, but it doesn’t work. The code
   is the following:
 * “<input type=”button” id=”butnclick” value=”close” onclick=”jQuery.fancybox.close();”/
   >”
 * Cheers.
 *  Plugin Author [arisoft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arisoft/)
 * (@arisoft)
 * [7 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/closing-lightobox/#post-10310632)
 * Do you place this button to the page which is loaded into the lightbox? Or it
   is located on main page? Try to use the following code:
 * `window.top.jQuery.fancybox.close()`

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/closing-lightobox/#post-10310632)
 * Status: resolved