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'Grayed out' screen effect with ASP.NET, C#
I have a page with various bits of information displayed from a database. When a user clicks on one of the pieces of data, I'd like to display a box allowing them to select a new value for that field, with an effect similar to a pop-up window, without actually popping up a new window. How would I go about graying out the existing page (semi-transparently) and displaying a box with new value choices in it, and then removing the grayed out effect after the 'popup' layer closes?
If someone has sample code that would be most useful, but any tips would be great.
Using VS 2008, C#, ASP.NET.
If someone has sample code that would be most useful, but any tips would be great.
Using VS 2008, C#, ASP.NET.
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Hi TimCottee, thanks for the response. I do like the control, but it doesn't appear to disable/gray out the background page - users can still interact with the page. Perhaps I'm missing an option though.
Raterus, thanks also for your reply. I've been confused about the AJAX library on that site... if I am using VS 2008 (which has built-in AJAX support and controls) plus .NET framework 3.5, doesn't that supersede the control toolkit on that site? There's not a good explanation of how their control toolkit works with, or is superseded by, the various frameworks. Any help understanding this would be great.
Raterus, thanks also for your reply. I've been confused about the AJAX library on that site... if I am using VS 2008 (which has built-in AJAX support and controls) plus .NET framework 3.5, doesn't that supersede the control toolkit on that site? There's not a good explanation of how their control toolkit works with, or is superseded by, the various frameworks. Any help understanding this would be great.
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The control toolkit can work along side of the built-in functionality, you can mix elements in a page if you needed to. You actually don't need to worry about how the built-in features work to work with this, just follow the example in the toolkit.
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Both solutions were perfectly good; for my purposes the MS control was a little better. 200/300 split. Thanks.
Have a look at the window control from obout: http://obout.com/window
Whilst you could do all this yourself, this is a nice cross-browser control that makes life easy.
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TimCottee