(fixed subject to specify blockUI)
On Oct 21, 10:18 am, tallvanilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for all the suggestions guys, but I've kind of narrowed my > preference down to blockUI for the job at hand. Believe me, I've tried > them all, and they all have their share of quirks. Does anyone have a > suggestion for fixing the blockUI bug? If not, do know how I can > contact it's author directly? Thanks again for your help so far! > > JR > > On Oct 21, 10:12 am, "Josh Nathanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You might want to give jqModal a shot. BlockUI is better for blocking > > specific parts of a document, during an ajax call or the like. jqModal is > > more of a modal window solution that might be better suited to what you're > > trying to do. There's also SimpleModal which I personally haven't used. > > > -- Josh > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "tallvanilla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "jQuery (English)" <jquery-en@googlegroups.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 10:04 AM > > Subject: [jQuery] Re: BUG: oversized overlay in IE web browsers ( demo > > > included ) > > > > (bump) > > > > Any takers? > > > > On Oct 20, 7:47 pm, tallvanilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Thanks for the reply, Josh... but that isn't the problem. To > > >> demonstrate, I updated my demo according to your suggestion: > > > >>http://74.205.76.81/blockuitest/ > > > >> Even if that WAS the solution, it would force people to zero out their > > >> body padding and margins. Not a problem for most, but inconvenient for > > >> many. If you consider IE important, it's a blockUI bug. > > > >> Any other takers? Here's how Boxy's author fixed it (in his own > > >> words): > > > >> "I've added a separate sizing method specifically for IE6 which uses > > >> the viewport dimensions instead of the document, and repositions on > > >> scroll as well as on resize. I tried using this approach for all > > >> browsers but Firefox was having none of it." > > > >> JR > > > >> On Oct 20, 4:09 pm, "Josh Nathanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > This happens where there is some padding or margin on the body. If you > > >> > set > > >> > them to 0 via css it should take care of the problem. > > > >> > /* css */ > > >> > body { > > >> > padding: 0; > > >> > margin: 0; > > > >> > } > > > >> > -- Josh > > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > > >> > From: "tallvanilla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> > To: "jQuery (English)" <jquery-en@googlegroups.com> > > >> > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 2:27 PM > > >> > Subject: [jQuery] BUG: oversized overlay in IE web browsers ( demo > > > >> > included ) > > > >> > > Hello. I found a minor bug that affects overlay in IE web browsers > > >> > > (at > > >> > > least in IE6). > > > >> > > Please take a look at this very simple demo: > > > >> > >http://74.205.76.81/blockuitest/ > > > >> > > In IE(6), the overlay is a bit taller than the browser window, so a > > >> > > scrollbar appears on the right whenever the overlay is present. In > > >> > > other web browsers, this doesn't happen. > > > >> > > I found a similar bug with the Boxy plug-in a couple of weeks ago, > > >> > > and > > >> > > its author was able to fix it pretty easily. I'm a jQuery/javascript > > >> > > novice, so I'm not sure how the fix was implemented. Would this be > > >> > > worthwhile and easy fix for blockUI as well? > > > >> > > JR
