[UPHPU] modal popup form over form

[Wade Preston Shearer]

On 4 Nov 2008, at 8:13, MilesTogoe wrote:

> I have the case on a select box needing to have an add capability  
> (popup a form to add a new element to the list table and refresh the  
> list) without disturbing the filled in data on the underlaying form.

Huh? What is a select box? A drop menu (<select>)? Let me restate and  
see if I understand what you are looking to do.

You want the user to select an item from a drop-menu. This will  
trigger a pop-in (a DHTML layer) that contains a form. The user will  
fill out and submit this form. The layer will hide. Based off of what  
the user filled out in the form, a new row will be added to a table of  
date on the same page as the drop menu. Is that correct?

If yes, this can easily be done with javascript and sounds like it  
might be a good use for a modal. Displaying the modal is easy as there  
are several pre-build solutions. Adding the new row to the table will  
have to be written yourself as it is custom to your form, but can be  
done very easily with a library such as jquery.


> I've seen this done in Rails but searched around this AM trying to  
> find a cool JQuery lightbox kind of dialog and didn't see anything  
> like this - does anyone know of a link to a good example or tutorial  
> of this ?

If you are looking for a modal that grays the rest of the screen  
(particularly one that works with jquery), here is your answer:

http://jquery.com/demo/thickbox/
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