Adding Buttons to Hover

Hover buttons allow visitors to interact with gallery images directly from the thumbnail view. You can add:

  • 🔗 Link buttons (open custom URL)
  • 🔍 Zoom buttons (open lightbox)
  • 🧩 Custom buttons (via hover template)

The setup differs slightly between Classic and Fusion galleries.


Classic Gallery – Link & Zoom Buttons

In Classic galleries, hover buttons are configured inside:

THUMBS → Hover Options

Step 1 — Enable Hover Mode

Make sure:

Hover Mode → Options Clickable Thumbnails → On (optional)


Open the Link Button tab.

Classic Link Button

You can configure:

  • Show / Hide button
  • Icon (Font Awesome)
  • Font size
  • Line height
  • Border size
  • Text color
  • Hover color
  • Background color
  • Hover background color

To make it work, assign a custom link to the image inside Media Manager.


Zoom Button Setup

Open the Zoom Button tab.

Classic Zoom Button

This button opens the image in the lightbox.

You can configure:

  • Icon
  • Size
  • Colors
  • Hover colors
  • Border

Fusion Gallery – Buttons in Hover Template

In Fusion galleries, hover buttons are already integrated inside the hover template.

Go to:

THUMBS → Hover Effect

Fusion Hover Effect

Fusion provides predefined hover layouts like:

  • Lily
  • Sadie
  • Zoe
  • Static
  • Disable

Each template may already contain:

  • Zoom icon
  • Link icon
  • Title
  • Description

Custom Buttons in Fusion (Template Mode)

If you need full control:

  1. Enable:

Hover Mode → Template

  1. Add custom HTML inside the template field.

Example:

<div class="rbs-hover-title">@TITLE@</div>
<div class="rbs-hover-caption">@CAPTION@</div>
<div class="rbs-hover-text">@DESC@</div>
<div class="rbs-hover-more">
  <a href="@LINK@" target="_blank">Read More</a>
</div>

Available placeholders:

  • @TITLE@
  • @CAPTION@
  • @DESC@
  • @LINK@
  • @VIDEOLINK@

Fusion Hover Template


Button Styling Options (Classic)

Inside Link or Zoom button tabs you can customize:

  • Icon
  • Font size
  • Border
  • Background color
  • Hover background color
  • Text color
  • Hover text color

Classic Button Styling


Which Approach Should You Use?

Gallery Type Button Method
Classic Built-in Link & Zoom buttons
Fusion Integrated hover templates
Classic (Advanced) Custom HTML template

Best Practice

  • Use Zoom button for image galleries.
  • Use Link button for portfolio or product galleries.
  • Use Template mode (Fusion) when you need full design flexibility.

Now your hover overlays are not just decorative — they’re interactive.