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https://github.com/coryschires/hover-caption

Simple jQuery plugin that adds both a caption and a gray-out effect when hovering over an image.
https://github.com/coryschires/hover-caption

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Simple jQuery plugin that adds both a caption and a gray-out effect when hovering over an image.

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= JQuery hover caption plugin.

http://coryschires-blog-post-images.s3.amazonaws.com/hover_caption_plugin.jpg

Here’s a simple jQuery plugin that adds both a caption and a gray-out effect when
hovering over an image. View the {live demo}[http://coryschires.github.com/hover-caption/].

== How to make it work.

Drop these scripts in your header:

Call the plugin function on your images:
$(document).ready(function() {
$('img').hover_caption();
});

Add this tiny bit of CSS somewhere:
.hover_caption {
/* If you can count of CSS3 support: */
background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);

/* Or use a transparent image if you need to support bad browsers: */
/* background-image: url(hover_caption_bg.png); */

/* NOTE: If you're img elements have paddings or margins you'll need to
match them here to get things lined up properly. */
}

== Configuration options.

And here’s some configuration options:
$('img').hover_caption({
caption_font_size: '18px',
caption_color: 'white',
caption_bold: true,
caption_default: "Click for screenshots."
});

== Smart captions.
If your image has a title attribute, the plugin will use that as the caption. Otherwise it will default to "Click for screenshots". You can change the default if you like, of course.