JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://fancyapps.com/fancybox/source/jquery.fancybox.css">
<script src="http://fancyapps.com/fancybox/source/jquery.fancybox.js"></script>
<a class="fancybox" href="http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1617/24108587812_6c9825d0da_b.jpg" title="Morning Godafoss (Brads5)" data-order="3">
<img src="http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1617/24108587812_6c9825d0da_m.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
<a class="fancybox" href="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3691/10185053775_701272da37_b.jpg" title="Vertical - Special Edition! (cedarsphoto)" data-order="1">
<img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3691/10185053775_701272da37_m.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
<a class="fancybox" href="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/574/22407305427_69cc6e845f_b.jpg" title="Racing against the Protons (tom.leuzi)" data-order="4">
<img src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/574/22407305427_69cc6e845f_m.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
<a class="fancybox" href="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/291/18653638823_a86b58523c_b.jpg" title="Lupines (Kiddi Einars)" data-order="2">
<img src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/291/18653638823_a86b58523c_m.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
CSS
a {
text-decoration: none
}
img {
max-height: 80px
}
JavaScript
// sort array of objects by a property
var sortObjectsBy = function(field, reverse, primer) {
var key = primer ? function(x) {
return primer(x[field])
} : function(x) {
return x[field]
};
reverse = !reverse ? 1 : -1;
return function(a, b) {
return a = key(a),
b = key(b),
reverse * ((a > b) - (b > a));
}
}
$(".fancybox").on("click", function() {
// get the index of the clicked image
var thisIndex = this.dataset.order - 1;
// gather all html elements
var elements = document.querySelectorAll(".fancybox");
// initialize fancybox gallery array
var fancyElements = [];
// push the html elements into fancybox gallery
for (var i = 0, elLength = elements.length; i < elLength; i++) {
fancyElements.push({
href: elements[i].href,
title: elements[i].title + " - " + elements[i].dataset.order,
order: elements[i].dataset.order
});
}
// sort the fancybox array of objects by the "order" property
fancyElements.sort(sortObjectsBy("order", false, function(a) {
return a;
}));
// launch fancybox programmatically
$.fancybox(fancyElements, {
helpers: {
title: {
type: "inside"
}
},
// force index
index: thisIndex // start gallery from the clicked element
})
return false;
});