I am trying to create an overlay, similar to the one that jQuery UI Dialog uses. I can create the overlay like this:
var $overlay = $(\'
As of jQuery 1.4.4, it looks like it's as easy as:
$.ui.dialog.overlay.create();
Update
Here is a fiddle.
The code above returns the HTML element, so it should be use like this:
$("body").append($.ui.dialog.overlay.create());
Update 2
As was said, this doesn't work in jquery 1.10. To fix this, I created my own overlay:
<div id="loading" style="display: none;">
<div class="loading-container">
<img src="/img/loading.gif"/>
</div>
</div>
(the image is just a random image I wanted to display in the middle to indicate that the page was loading) Then I added this CSS:
/* loading overlays */
#loading {
position: fixed;
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
background-color: #000;
filter:alpha(opacity=50);
-moz-opacity:0.5;
-khtml-opacity: 0.5;
opacity: 0.5;
z-index: 10000;
}
.loading-container {
position:fixed;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
}
Then one can call $('#loading').show()
and $('#loading').hide()
to hide and remove it.
I had to tweak the answer here: stack overflow response
this will work better for weird screens or with framesets :
var overlay = $('<div class="ui-overlay" style="position: absolute; top: 0pt; left: 0pt; display: inline-block; overflow: hidden;"><div class="ui-widget-overlay" style="top: 0pt; left: 0pt; width: 9999px; height: 99999px;"></div></div>').hide().appendTo($('body'));
$(overlay).width('100%');
$(overlay).height('100%');
$(overlay).fadeIn();
check it out: http://jsfiddle.net/techunter/MdjBr/6/
Check that: var $dial=$(''); $dial.dialog({modal:true}); $('.ui-dialog').hide();
Here's a thought for your CSS:
.ui-widget-overlay {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
background-color: #444;
/* add some opacity here */
}
You could do something like this:
<style type="text/css">
* {border:0;margin:0}
.ui-widget-overlay {
background: repeat-x scroll 50% 50% #AAA;
opacity:0.3;
}
.ui-widget-overlay {
height:100%;
left:0;
position:absolute;
top:0;
width:100%;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function () {
var $overlay = $('<div class="ui-overlay"><div class="ui-widget-overlay"></div></div>').hide().appendTo('body');
$overlay.fadeIn();
$(window).resize(function () {
$overlay.width($(document).width());
$overlay.height($(document).height());
});
});
</script>
It's very simple, to create overlay just use this code:
var overlay = new $.ui.dialog.overlay();
and when you have to destroy it use this code:
overlay.destroy();