[jQuery] Re: Best JQuery pop-up plugin.

2008-09-19 Thread Jeremy
My 2 cents... I'm very new to jQuery and I was able to take the jQueryUI dialog plugin and customize it so it's shadowed and theme it to look like Mac OS X windows so it's easily theme-able in my opinion. The documentation on the jQuery site was very helpful in theme-ing. One of the best methods

[jQuery] Re: Best JQuery pop-up plugin.

2008-09-19 Thread Eric Martin
SimpleModal: - modal pop-up (yes) - easy to control life cycle(open, close, handle events). (yes - onOpen, onShow, onClose callbacks) - easy to customize look and feel (yes) - good documentation. (yes - at least I hope so ;) ) - existing themes are big plus (no - the current version doesn't use "

[jQuery] Re: Best JQuery pop-up plugin.

2008-09-19 Thread Chris Jordan
I agree that theme roller is one of the coolest things since sliced bread... :o) On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Richard D. Worth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For jQuery UI Dialog themes, take a look at ThemeRoller: > > http://themeroller.com/ -> http://ui.jquery.com/themeroller > > There are re

[jQuery] Re: Best JQuery pop-up plugin.

2008-09-19 Thread Chris Jordan
Given your requirements, you can't go wrong with using jQueryUI. - modal pop-up (check) - easy to control life cycle (check) - good documentation (check) -- http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Dialog - easy to customize look and feel ( same link as above, see "Theming", also check out the theme roller, very

[jQuery] Re: Best JQuery pop-up plugin.

2008-09-19 Thread Richard D. Worth
For jQuery UI Dialog themes, take a look at ThemeRoller: http://themeroller.com/ -> http://ui.jquery.com/themeroller There are ready-made themes in the Theme Gallery or you can Roll Your Own (modifying an existing one, or starting from scratch). - Richard On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 3:38 PM, crypto

[jQuery] Re: Best JQuery pop-up plugin.

2008-09-19 Thread crypto5
Thanks everybody for responses. Ok, my requirements are: - modal pop-up - easy to control life cycle(open, close, handle events). - easy to customize look and feel - good documentation. Don't like look at spaghetti code to figure out how it works - existing themes are big plus Currently I made

[jQuery] Re: Best JQuery pop-up plugin.

2008-09-19 Thread Eric Martin
It really depends on what you are using it for as well as your personal preferences. I tried BlockUI and jqModal before I finally decided to write my own (SimpleModal). Each one has its strengths and weaknesses, plus there are a lot more out there that aren't even mentioned. Perhaps you can tell

[jQuery] Re: Best JQuery pop-up plugin.

2008-09-19 Thread KidsKilla .grin! wuz here
I like this one: http://www.ericmmartin.com/projects/simplemodal/ 2008/9/18 crypto5 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Hi All, > > what is the best JQuery pop-up window plugin in your opinion? > > I am not strong experienced in JQuery and looking for such plugin but don't > want test everything. So lloki

[jQuery] Re: Best JQuery pop-up plugin.

2008-09-19 Thread Alex Weber
SimpleModal is great http://code.google.com/p/simplemodal/ And also Thickbox best afaik On Sep 18, 5:30 pm, "Chris Jordan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Um... jQueryUI's dialog widget is good... and super easy to use. I'm just > sayin'... ;o) > > Chris > > > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 11:51 A

[jQuery] Re: Best JQuery pop-up plugin.

2008-09-18 Thread Chris Jordan
Um... jQueryUI's dialog widget is good... and super easy to use. I'm just sayin'... ;o) Chris On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 11:51 AM, crypto5 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > what is the best JQuery pop-up window plugin in your opinion? > > I am not strong experienced in JQuery and looking

[jQuery] Re: Best JQuery pop-up plugin.

2008-09-18 Thread spherop
ahh ...glad you informed. i take back my point and will have to relook at jqModal... MorningZ wrote: > > > "something about the way jqModal requires you to add a class to the > link > bugs me. Or maybe I am recalling it incorrectly" > > You don't *have* to > > for instance, this would wou

[jQuery] Re: Best JQuery pop-up plugin.

2008-09-18 Thread MorningZ
"something about the way jqModal requires you to add a class to the link bugs me. Or maybe I am recalling it incorrectly" You don't *have* to for instance, this would would just fine :-) Open Window Modal Window Markup ... $(document).ready(function() { $("#ThisModal").jqm(

[jQuery] Re: Best JQuery pop-up plugin.

2008-09-18 Thread spherop
I have best luck with blockUI. something about the way jqModal requires you to add a class to the link bugs me. Or maybe I am recalling it incorrectly. blockUI is very lean and seems to cover all the bases. crypto5 wrote: > > Hi All, > > what is the best JQuery pop-up window plugin in yo

[jQuery] Re: Best JQuery pop-up plugin.

2008-09-18 Thread Josh Nathanson
the modal callbacks. -- Josh - Original Message - From: "GasGiant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "jQuery (English)" Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 10:49 AM Subject: [jQuery] Re: Best JQuery pop-up plugin. Do any of them have a callback type of function for what to do on c

[jQuery] Re: Best JQuery pop-up plugin.

2008-09-18 Thread GasGiant
Do any of them have a callback type of function for what to do on close? I'd like to use a modal form that updates the Ajax in the opener, but only when the modal get's closed. On Sep 18, 1:43 pm, MorningZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've had great luck/usage with jqModal > > (http://dev.iceburg

[jQuery] Re: Best JQuery pop-up plugin.

2008-09-18 Thread MorningZ
I've had great luck/usage with jqModal (http://dev.iceburg.net/jquery/jqModal/) very configurable and easy to setup