ASP.NET modal dialog effect

2012-07-16 Thread Greg Keogh
Folks, we have a traditional ASP.NET page with a need for a popup product picker. We need that mock modal dialog effect you get (for example) in Gmail where you do things like Export Contacts, create New Group, etc. Gmail even has a nice effect where the background disables and the popup has a

RE: ASP.NET modal dialog effect

2012-07-16 Thread Williams, Thomas
Hi Greg - I'd say it would be worth the overhead to include jQuery and a pop-up/modal like http://swip.codylindley.com/DOMWindowDemo.html Can pop-up using an IFRAME to contain another page, or a DIV on the current page, or via AJAX. However it's a client solution, nothing to do with ASP.NET

Re: ASP.NET modal dialog effect

2012-07-16 Thread Wallace Turner
i've used this in the past with mvc, may be of use http://jqueryui.com/demos/dialog/#modal-form On 17/07/2012 7:59 AM, Williams, Thomas wrote: Hi Greg -- I'd say it would be worth the overhead to include jQuery and a pop-up/modal like http://swip.codylindley.com/DOMWindowDemo.html Can

Re: ASP.NET modal dialog effect

2012-07-16 Thread Michael Ridland
My previous experience with Javascript and ASP.NET http://asp.net/ combined has been a nightmare of quirks and failure trying to manage the lifetime and interaction of the two. I've never had a problem of this sort. On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: Folks, we

RE: ASP.NET modal dialog effect

2012-07-16 Thread Greg Low (GregLow.com)
Hi Greg, Along with what the other guys have said, I'd add a vote for try to avoid the need for anything modal if possible. Is there any way to avoid the need for it to be modal? Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913

RE: ASP.NET modal dialog effect

2012-07-16 Thread Greg Keogh
Along with what the other guys have said, I'd add a vote for try to avoid the need for anything modal if possible. Is there any way to avoid the need for it to be modal? I don't generally like modal stuff unless it's something that really deserves the user's attention and this could be one.

RE: ASP.NET modal dialog effect

2012-07-16 Thread Greg Keogh
My previous experience with Javascript and http://asp.net/ ASP.NET combined has been a nightmare of quirks and failure trying to manage the lifetime and interaction of the two. I've never had a problem of this sort. Then I must be an idiot. A few months ago it took me 3 hours to write a few

RE: ASP.NET modal dialog effect

2012-07-16 Thread Greg Keogh
However it's a client solution, nothing to do with ASP.NET server-side code. Although I do have to get ASP.NET to emit the correct scripts for the client-side dialog to work. I'm following the links and looking around -- Greg