I'm looking for an effect kind of like this:

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/create-pop-up-notes-dhtml

(scroll down to the first bright yellow box and click)

What is this effect called? I can't seem to find much from google calling it an AJAX panel. Does anyone know of any scripts like scriptaculous that might do this already?

9/21/2007 7:30:15 PM

1) That's not AJAX
2) Look at the source of the example, it shows what it's doing, which is just making a hidden div visible.

9/21/2007 8:19:41 PM

Yes, I know. But I want it ajax. I want to be able to pull info from a db to display on the div.

9/21/2007 9:06:53 PM

Um, Oeuvre, I'm not sure what the problem is. If you want it to pull info from a database on the fly, then do it. In that guy's tutorial, when the showObject() function is called, just put in code to query the server for the data and put it inside the div before it's shown. Is there some reason you can't write this?

If you want, you can hire me to do it. I can have a demo ready in no more than 5 hours.

9/21/2007 11:38:23 PM

The problem is that he wants to use AJAX without knowing a thing about JavaScript.

9/22/2007 1:19:46 AM

http://www.prototypejs.com is the answer. if you cant figure it out from there, you shouldnt be trying to do it

9/22/2007 2:39:21 AM

Use GreyBox:
http://orangoo.com/labs/GreyBox/

Open a GB window and just load a file on your server in it. This might be your best bet. See the website examples on there.

9/22/2007 3:20:11 AM

No, I write plenty of my own javascript, but if you've every tried to do any sort of AJAX, and cross-browser compatibility (which I assume you haven't because of your attack on me that I didn't know javascript) then you know it's pretty complicated... and you can pretty much use libraries that are already out there.

And I found one. LightBox. Google it. Pretty sweet.

9/22/2007 10:56:20 AM

You could try... It appears as though you've given up before you've even attempted to do so.

9/22/2007 12:20:36 PM

I'm going to side with Metricula on this. It sounds like you didn't even try to do it.

I integrate AJAX into applications I develop at work all the time utilizing the prototype library. It's really not that difficult if you can follow an API.

LightBox is ok, but GreyBox has more features. Been there, gone through that.

9/22/2007 12:46:29 PM

Quote :

"No, I write plenty of my own javascript, but if you've every tried to do any sort of AJAX, and cross-browser compatibility (which I assume you haven't because of your attack on me that I didn't know javascript) then you know it's pretty complicated... "

Dude, you were looking for an "effect" that was showing and hiding a block level element. Don't go acting all high and mighty and citing "cross-browser compatibility" as being an issue.

9/22/2007 1:37:28 PM

HighSlide JS

9/22/2007 3:34:44 PM

^^^ I'm using prototype.

^ Yeah, I'm the one in here all high and mighty when the first thing you did was pump your chest out and accuse me of knowing nothing of javascript.

You could at least try to be helpful before being a jackass. If you want to be an ass, take it to chit chat.

9/22/2007 7:21:21 PM

It sounds like you want an example where someone already did exactly what you're doing.

9/24/2007 3:48:47 PM

i just used lightbox on my photo gallery on my personal site...i really like it

many thanks to this thread

9/24/2007 3:54:25 PM

Can anyone recommend an AJAX replacement for <select> list box? I am looking for multi-column ability.

I've seen a bunch of datatables, but the only thing holding me back is the fact that i haven't seen the ability to drag-select in any of them. They just highlight the words in the table when you drag-select, and that's not really what I want.

9/25/2007 12:29:57 AM

^Yes, you could use Javascript to do that.

9/25/2007 12:36:54 AM

uhh, to do the drag-select + no text highlight?


I'm really looking for code someone has already written. I've actually written JS to do this before, but it would be nice to find better code/a better way.

[Edited on September 25, 2007 at 1:10 AM. Reason : asd]

9/25/2007 1:10:13 AM

^^^^ Yeah, I've been surprised at how nice Lightbox was. No thanks to this thread for my find... most of the folks in here were jackasses. But yes, I definitely recommend Lightbox.

9/25/2007 8:43:10 AM

If you use jQuery, Thickbox is pretty nice.

9/25/2007 11:51:36 AM