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title: Design Options for MetaSlider Gallery
description: "The MetaSlider Gallery plugin has a wide range of design options to allow to customize the gallery effect. Go to the \"Settings\" area and click the \"Appearance\" tab. --- ## Background and Overlay These settings allow you to customize the…"
url: "https://www.metaslider.com/docs/design-options-for-metaslider-lightbox/"
updated: "2026-05-15"
category: MetaSlider Gallery
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# Design Options for MetaSlider Gallery

The MetaSlider Gallery plugin has a wide range of design options to allow to customize the gallery effect. Go to the "Settings" area and click the "Appearance" tab.

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## Background and Overlay

These settings allow you to customize the gallery background and overlay appearance.

- **Background Color**: This controls the color that appears behind your media in the gallery overlay.
- **Background Opacity**: You can choose the opacity of the gallery background (0 = transparent, 1 = opaque).

![Background color and opacity](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/background-1024x252.png)

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## Navigation Icons

These settings allow you to customize navigation icons (close, previous, next arrows) that appear in all gallery windows.

![](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/navigation-icons.png)

This next screenshot shows the location of these icons on a gallery window, using the MetaSlider Slideshow plugin:

![](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/slideshow-gallery-window-1024x563.png)

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## Open in Gallery Buttons

These settings allow you to customize the "Open in Gallery" option that can be added to media.

![](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/open-gallery-buttons-1024x440.png)

This next screenshot shows how the "Open in Gallery" button appears on images.

![Open in gallery button](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/open-gallery-button-1024x830.png)

This feature can be enabled via the "Behavior" tab in the plugin. It can also be changed from a button into a icon.

![Open in Gallery button](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/open-gallery-windows-1-1024x205.png)