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Gallery 1: filterable gallery with lightbox

A photo gallery: filter chips with counts, a gap-free masonry of tiles that fade in, and a lightbox with caption, counter, thumbnail strip, arrow-key and swipe navigation, and a link to the original.

State

The normal view. Pick a state to see what the block shows while it loads, is empty or fails.

Open in v0 (opens in a new tab)

Installation

$ pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add @ballmac/gallery-1

Usage

Example: gallery-1-demo.tsx
"use client"

import { Gallery1 } from "@/components/ballmac/blocks/gallery-1/gallery-1"

export default function Gallery1Demo() {
  return <Gallery1 />
}

States

Pass state and the block does the rest: skeletons that match its layout, a clear empty message, an error you can retry, and announcements for screen readers.

  • Loading

    Skeleton tiles of different heights under the real heading, announced as loading.

    state="loading"
  • No pictures yet

    Says pictures will appear; a category with nothing in it offers Show everything. emptyState sets the copy.

    state="empty" (or items={[]})
  • Could not load

    An alert with Try again (onRetry).

    state="error"

Quality scorecard

8/8

Every applicable check passes

Measured in Chromium 153.0.8010.12 on October 19, 2026, on version 1.0.0, across 6 examples.

How we measure
  • Passed: Accessibility scan

    No serious or critical issues in light and dark, on a phone and a desktop (axe-core 4.13.0, WCAG 2.1 AA and best-practice rules).

  • Passed: Small screens

    No sideways scrolling at 360, 390 or 1280 px wide.

  • Passed: Reduced motion

    Every endless animation stops when the visitor asks for less motion.

  • Passed: Right to left

    Mirrors correctly in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Urdu layouts (0% of elements off the mirror, limit 15%).

  • Passed: Clean console

    No console errors or React hydration errors while loading.

  • Passed: Keyboard

    34 tab stops, each showing a visible change when it takes focus. 3 documented keys.

  • Passed: Loading, empty and error

    Ships loading, empty, error states, each with an example.

  • Passed: Automated tests

    Covered by gallery-1.test.tsx.

  • For information: Footprint

    5.4 KB of source (gzip) in 1 file. Installs lucide-react.

Automated checks find a subset of problems and do not replace testing with a screen reader and a keyboard in your own app. What they miss.

Dependencies

Use with AI

A gallery page. <Gallery1 items={[{ id, title, caption, meta, category, src, alt, ratio: 'square' | 'landscape' | 'portrait' | 'tall', href }]} title description defaultCategory onOpen />. src takes a URL, an image with alt text or any element (a next/image); without it the tile shows art drawn from the id. Categories come from the items. With the shadcn MCP server set up (guide), ask your agent:

Add the Ballmac UI Gallery 1: filterable gallery with lightbox (@ballmac/gallery-1) to this project with the shadcn MCP, then use it where it fits.

Use it for

  • A photo, event, studio or portfolio gallery
  • Showing work or places with captions and the option to see each larger

Not for

  • A product image carousel on a store page (use carousel)
  • Logos (use logo-cloud-1)
  • One hero picture (use media with a frame)

Registry JSON: https://ui.ballmac.com/r/gallery-1.json

Free to use in personal and commercial projects.

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