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I have one weird thing happening with lightbox on my website. If I add a lightbox image or gallery and then click on the image, the first time it will navigate directly to the image file. If you then click the back button and click the image again, lightbox loads up normally.

Any thoughts on why reloading the page after the first click makes lightbox work properly?

Thanks

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what browser? loads fine in the lightbox first time for me in webkit. – Milo Jan 29 at 2:03
chrome on the mac – Brian Jan 29 at 2:06
Mac Chrome working fine on my end. – brasofilo Jan 29 at 2:16
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voted to close, as this appears to be a js/css/networking issue, not an issue with WordPress itself or one that requires WordPress knowledge – Tom J Nowell Jan 29 at 10:42
Also your lightboxes work fine for me on your example page, but there are a number of 404s and the page took a while to load. Consider reducing the filesizes and optimising the size and number of images to reduce bandwidth – Tom J Nowell Jan 29 at 10:44

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Its just you. I tried from fast internet computer and it loads fine the first time. Then I tried from a low speed computer before the page completely loaded, and it acts the way you described. So its all about loading and fast internet connection

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Ill take your word for it. Thanks – Brian Jan 29 at 5:11
Always test answers before accepting else you're doing a disservice to other users if it's actually wrong – Tom J Nowell Jan 29 at 10:43
It seems to be an intermittent issue with chrome on mac. Tried it on multiple computers. I wasnt able to reproduce on other browsers. – Brian Jan 29 at 16:21
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It's because lightbox script starts working, when page is loaded, but if you press link to img before it's loaded, it'll just work like there is no script - just opens image.

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I always waited for the page to fully load. Thanks – Brian Jan 29 at 16:19

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