How to customize the product image lightbox?

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Topic summary

A user running Dawn theme 15.3 wants to implement a custom product image lightbox with specific functionality:

Desired Features:

  • Click product images to open full-size lightbox view
  • Navigate through all variant-specific images within the lightbox
  • Images displayed in 2-per-row grid on product page

The user provided reference screenshots and an example site (ani-jewels.com) demonstrating the target behavior.

Current Status:

  • One respondent confirmed Dawn theme lacks this built-in feature
  • Suggested solutions include: hiring a developer, using a third-party app, or implementing custom code with image gallery libraries
  • Another developer offered to provide a specific solution if store URL and credentials are shared

Resolution: Remains open; awaiting user’s decision on implementation approach.

Summarized with AI on October 28. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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My products are in a 2-per-row grid on the product page. I want to be able to click on them to display the image in full-size in a lightbox and to be able to loop through all variant-specific images. My end goal is like the product view here:

I have attached screenshots as well.

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For reference, I’m using the Dawn theme in version 15.3.

Thanks in advance!

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Hello @NelRas ,

Dawn theme doesn’t provide this feature.

If you need a similar feature you have to go with a developer or you can search for an app or if you are good in code you can try image gallery libraries.

Regards
Guleria

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Hello @NelRas
Welcome to the Shopify Community! Please share your store URL and password (if it’s password-protected), so I can check and provide you with the exact solution.