Lack of interest Open Video in Lightbox

[Hoffi]

I would like to see, that Videos that are posted in a thread, are not embed direct into the site.

I would be great, that only a picture is shown up in the post, and on click the Video opens in a Lightbox.

 

[Ladegro]

great suggestion, any way to do this?

 

[Kirby]

This is quite an old suggestion ...

As video attachments in posts are supported since XF 2.1 I consider the lack of lightbox support for attached videos a bug:

K

Thread 'Video attachments should be opened in lightbox'

Jun 10, 2025

If the lightbox is enabled, a user uploads an image to a post and does not embed it into the post, the image opens in the lightbox.
If the user does the same with a video, the video does not open in the lightbox but as a new window / tab.

This seems inconvenient and inconsistent, especially as videos in XFMG are opened in the lightbox.

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