mod_lightbox_popup module 6.1 Runs on Joomla 5 and Joomla 6 with the Behaviour - Backward Compatibility plugin disabled. Article access checks use the current user identity. Random article ordering uses the Joomla database service. mod_lightbox_popup module 6.0 Fixed page jumping when the close button is used. Added Joomla services architecture with a namespaced Dispatcher and Helper. Added support for Joomla 4, Joomla 5, and Joomla 6 with PHP 8.0 or newer. Added a clear choice between Joomla Articles and Manual Cards. Added multiple category selection for Joomla articles. Added sorting by published date, created date, modified date, article ordering, hits, or random order. Added ascending and descending sort direction. Added article count control from 1 to 24 items. Added independent controls for article image, title, intro text, read-more hint, and HTML stripping. Added repeatable Manual Cards with image, caption, popup type, and popup content fields. Added manual popup types for formatted HTML, YouTube, Vimeo, Google Maps, and iframe URLs. Added Responsive Grid, Horizontal Row, and Vertical Stack layouts. Added desktop grid selection from 2 to 6 columns. Added Light, Dark, Glass, and Brand card themes. Added accent colour and card corner-radius controls. Added card width, card gap, optional card height, and optional image-area height. Added Cover, Contain, and Fill image modes. Added Auto, Square, Standard 4:3, Widescreen 16:9, and Classic 3:2 image ratios. Added configurable image zoom on hover. Added caption overlay with colour and opacity controls. Added Light, Dark, and Brand lightbox themes. Added Zoom, Fade, and Slide up opening effects. Added responsive lightbox width and maximum-height controls. Added backdrop opacity and blur controls. Added an option to place the close button at the popup top-right or browser window top-right. Added optional title bar and gallery counter. Added previous and next navigation with optional looping. Added Left Arrow, Right Arrow, and Escape keyboard controls. Added internal scrolling for long content while keeping the popup inside the viewport. Added mobile safe-area support and reduced-motion support. Added optional shareable URL hashes for individual gallery items. Added a configurable URL hash prefix. Added scrollbar-width compensation to prevent layout shifting. Added accessible dialog labels and descriptive labels for icon-only controls. Added card background, border colour, border width, and border-radius controls. Added caption colour, size, weight, and font-family controls. Added system/custom, Inter, Poppins, Montserrat, and Open Sans font choices. Added full Top, Right, Bottom, and Left labels. Added linked and unlinked value modes. Added px, rem, em, and percent units. Added lazy loading, empty-message, module-class, custom-CSS, and alternative-layout controls. Added modern language strings and system description. Added a clean Joomla 4, 5, and 6 install manifest. Added Article Grid, Manual Cards, YouTube Strip, Glass Gallery, Dark Cinema, and Google Maps demos. Rebuilt the gallery and lightbox with vanilla JavaScript and modern CSS. Discontinued Joomla 3 support. Joomla 3 sites must continue using the legacy 5.x package. Article popups now include the Full Article Image, with Intro Image fallback. Article popups now render prepared intro text, full text, and Joomla content-plugin output. Horizontal Row cards now fit the available width without a horizontal scrollbar. Row cards wrap on tablets and stack on phones. Video, map, and iframe content now fills the popup edge to edge. Media popups automatically hide the standard content title bar. Navigation controls no longer overlap popup text. Navigation controls move to safe positions on smaller screens. Direct hash URLs automatically open the matching gallery item. Changing items updates the hash without navigating or moving the page. Closing the popup restores the original URL without changing the page position. Reworked page scroll locking to prevent background movement while the popup is open. The exact horizontal and vertical page position is restored after closing. Keyboard focus returns to the gallery card that opened the popup. Improved keyboard focus visibility and minimum touch-target sizes. Rebuilt the four-side padding field without jQuery. Reorganised parameters into Content Source, Gallery Cards, Lightbox, Typography & Colors, and Advanced tabs. Reduced the final package to the 13 files required by version 6.0. Expanded documentation for installation, configuration, sharing, migration, demos, and troubleshooting. Removed jQuery, FancyBox, animate.css, legacy sprites, and all obsolete front-end assets. Removed duplicate field IDs and improved responsive admin layout. Removed the confusing legacy General and Styling fieldsets. mod_lightbox_popup module 5.1 Added Joomla 6 compatibility. Improved WebAssetManager integration and cache busting. Improved PHP 8 type safety, validation, escaping, and error handling. Improved semantic template markup, ARIA labels, and keyboard navigation. Optimised article queries and image handling. mod_lightbox_popup module 5.0 Added initial Joomla 6 support. mod_lightbox_popup module 4.9 Added animate.css opening and closing effects. Added animation type, duration, and delay parameters. Announced the end of Joomla 3 support and updates. mod_lightbox_popup module 4.8 Added Joomla 5 support without the Backward Compatibility plugin. Optimised the module code. mod_lightbox_popup module 4.7 Added download-key support through Joomla Update Sites. mod_lightbox_popup module 4.6 Adjusted legacy jQuery loading behaviour. mod_lightbox_popup module 4.5 Fixed multiple popup instances on Joomla 4. mod_lightbox_popup module 4.4 Fixed a Joomla 4 file-not-found issue. mod_lightbox_popup module 4.3 Added Joomla 4 support. Added updates through Joomla Update Manager. Added download-key configuration for automatic updates. mod_lightbox_popup module 4.2 Updated administrator parameters. Integrated the Joomla update system. mod_lightbox_popup module 4.1 Added image zoom on hover. Added hover overlay text. Added overlay-opacity control. mod_lightbox_popup module 4.0 Fixed backend tab visibility with Advanced Module Manager. Added Styling and Content tabs. Used the Joomla jQuery framework for Joomla 3. Adjusted JavaScript and CSS to reduce jQuery conflicts.