photoswipe-previews.js

import PhotoSwipe from 'photoswipe/dist/photoswipe'
import PhotoSwipeUI_Default from 'photoswipe/dist/photoswipe-ui-default'

import { photoswipePreviews } from './previews'

const holder = document.querySelector('.pswp')

// initializing code

const openPhotoSwipe = ({ items }) => {
	
	// opening code
	
	const gallery = new PhotoSwipe(holder, PhotoSwipeUI_Default, items, { /* options */ })
	photoswipePreviews(gallery) // <- add this
	gallery.init()
}

photoswipe-template.pug

// Root element of PhotoSwipe. Must have class pswp.
.pswp(tabindex='-1' role='dialog' aria-hidden='true')
	//
		Background of PhotoSwipe.
		It's a separate element as animating opacity is faster than rgba().
	.pswp__bg
	// Slides wrapper with overflow:hidden.
	.pswp__scroll-wrap
		//
			Container that holds slides.
			PhotoSwipe keeps only 3 of them in the DOM to save memory.
			Don't modify these 3 pswp__item elements, data is added later on.
		.pswp__container
			.pswp__item
			.pswp__item
			.pswp__item
		// Default (PhotoSwipeUI_Default) interface on top of sliding area. Can be changed.
		.pswp__ui.pswp__ui--hidden
			.pswp__top-bar
				// Controls are self-explanatory. Order can be changed.
				.pswp__counter
				button.pswp__button.pswp__button--close(title='Close (Esc)')
				button.pswp__button.pswp__button--share(title='Share')
				button.pswp__button.pswp__button--fs(title='Toggle fullscreen')
				button.pswp__button.pswp__button--zoom(title='Zoom in/out')
				// Preloader demo https://codepen.io/dimsemenov/pen/yyBWoR
				// element will get class pswp__preloader--active when preloader is running
				.pswp__preloader
					.pswp__preloader__icn
						.pswp__preloader__cut
							.pswp__preloader__donut
			.pswp__share-modal.pswp__share-modal--hidden.pswp__single-tap
				.pswp__share-tooltip
			button.pswp__button.pswp__button--arrow--left(title='Previous (arrow left)')
			button.pswp__button.pswp__button--arrow--right(title='Next (arrow right)')
			.pswp__previews(data-previews)
			.pswp__caption
				.pswp__caption__center

posrcssrc.config.js

module.exports = {
	plugins: {
		'postcss-momentum-scrolling': [
			'scroll',
			'auto',
		],
		'postcss-position-alt': {},
		'postcss-short': {},
		'postcss-axis': {},
		'postcss-single-charset': {},
		'postcss-font-family-system-ui': {},
		'autoprefixer': {},
	},
}

previews.js

/**
 * @param {object} gallery
 */
export const photoswipePreviews = gallery => {
	let added = false
	const props = {
		gallery,
		selector: '[data-previews]',
	}
	gallery.listen('gettingData', () => {
		if (added) return
		added = true
		addPreviews(props)
	})
	gallery.listen('close', () => {
		removePreviews(props)
	})
	gallery.listen('afterChange', () => {
		setActivePreview(props)
	})
}

/**
 * @typedef photoSwipePreviewsMethodProps
 * @prop {object} gallery
 * @prop {string} selector
 */

/**
 * @param {photoSwipePreviewsMethodProps} props
 */
const addPreviews = ({ gallery, selector }) => {
	const { scrollWrap, items } = gallery
	const place = scrollWrap.querySelector(selector)
	for (const item of items) {
		const { msrc: preview } = item
		const element = document.createElement('img')
		element.setAttribute('src', preview)
		element.addEventListener('click', () => {
			gallery.goTo(items.indexOf(item))
		})
		place.appendChild(element)
	}
}

/**
 * @param {photoSwipePreviewsMethodProps} props
 */
const removePreviews = ({ gallery, selector }) => {
	const { scrollWrap } = gallery
	const place = scrollWrap.querySelector(selector)
	place.innerHTML = ''
}

/**
 * @param {photoSwipePreviewsMethodProps} props
 */
const setActivePreview = ({ gallery, selector }) => {
	const { scrollWrap, currItem } = gallery
	const { msrc: preview } = currItem
	const place = scrollWrap.querySelector(selector)
	const previewElements = place.querySelectorAll('img')
	for (const element of previewElements) {
		const src = element.getAttribute('src')
		const className = 'is-active'
		// Warning: collision possible if image not unique
		if (src === preview) {
			element.classList.add(className)
			element.scrollIntoView({ behavior: 'smooth' })
		}
		else element.classList.remove(className)
	}
}

previews.sass

.pswp
	&__caption
		bottom: 3em
	&__previews
		absolute: bottom left
		width: 100%
		display: flex
		flex-flow: row
		justify-content: center
		background-color: rgba(black, 0.3)
		overflow: auto
		// Hide scrollbar in Quantum (Firefox)
		scrollbar-width: none
		// Hide scrollbar in Blink (Chrome)
		&::-webkit-scrollbar
			display: none
		img
			size: 3em
			object-fit: cover
			opacity: 0.3
			transition: opacity 0.3s
			cursor: pointer
			&:hover
				opacity: 0.8
			&.is-active
				opacity: 1
				cursor: default

oh cool! can you update that codepen with your fixes? so anyone can use Photoswipe with good working previews.

Clicking on the thumbnails in https://codepen.io/Grawl/pen/ExPpXeW is not working

working for me