I'm trying to accomplish something that might be relatively simple, but I don't know what I would call it (if there is a specific name for it), hence my searches have proved useless.
What I'm trying to accomplish is simple: I have a page built off off the Masonry jquery plugin (similar to http://designshack.net/tutorialexamples/masonry/demos/masonry.html). All I want to do is that when I click on a specific picture, it creates a "box" that fills up part of the screen and can contain another webpage (to describe the picture) while fading out most of the background. Then when I click outside of the box, it returns to all of my pictures.
I've seen this before, as I'm sure everybody else has, but for the life of me I cannot remember an example to look at or how best to do this. I don't have too much experience with javascript or jquery (which is why I'm asking this), but any help to point me in the right direction, whether it is using javascript or html/css, would be great.
If anybody does get the gist of what I'm describing and can explain it better, then you're more than welcome to edit..
What you need are modal windows.
I know the twitter bootstrap has built a pretty good framework for this:
http://getbootstrap.com/javascript/#modals
If you aren't using the bootstrap directly you might be able to pick out what you need.
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I am looking for a correct method to create something very similar to this (just click Next on that page). I would love to receive any suggestions on how this has been made.
I believe that it's all about a DIV wrapping many ul's. When next is clicked, probably a jQuery code is showing an hidden DIV on the right, but wouldn't know how to position it. Everything clearly must be taken from a database.
Can anyone out there give me an advice? I hope this is not the kind of a thumbs-down question, as I tought this community would have been the best place to share this. Thanks a lot.
Take a look at some existing JavaScript MVC frameworks like Backbone.js, AngularJS, or Knockout, to understand some of the design patterns and philosophies behind these kinds of dynamic UIs.
They can be powerful for tools for a modern web app, especially when you have a lot of moving parts in your UI. They'll play well with your backend and datastore via AJAX, and you get nice features like "routing" which can help you do cool things with page flow, all the while keeping your JavaScript clean and concise.
There are so many lightboxes to choose from, I'm looking for a very lightweight one to use in an embedded javascript widget that would be a single domain name. I saw the perfect one on chainreactioncycles.com, it popped up out of nowhere so I took a screenshot:
I tried looking for info on it on the page source, but couldn't find anything that would let me trace where it came from... Would anybody know of one like this? Or exactly that one?
If not exactly like above, anything similar would be great too, keeping the following in mind:
Very small javascript download (animation not needed)
Self contained, not dependent on any libraries other than jquery (since I'm already using that anyway).
Works in major browsers
Close button (like GetSatisfaction or UserVoice)
Dims background
Avoids javascript namespace conflicts (or can easily be made to avoid them)
CSS styling of lightbox does not interfere with site styling
Have you used an existing lightbox scripts for this same purpose with similar requirements? Did you roll your own? Insights welcome!
What you are looking for is called a modal box.
Here is a list of them
... and here is a striking replica of what you are looking for
Check out Zoombox.. It sounds like what you're looking for... Simple to use... Allows custom content.. jQuery Module... From past experience it covers what you have outlined as requirements etc
http://www.grafikart.fr/zoombox will tell you all you need to know.
I am trying to build a little test shell for my website using Javascript. What I have at the moment is a normal website. PHP/HTML with an SQL backend.
What I'd like is a simple Javascript feature whereby the user has a single slider object and can use this object to set the upper and lower limit on a number of variables, which will be determined by a drop down box just underneath the slider.
Aside from this, I'd just like a number of checkboxes which dictate which products are displayed (i.e if I'd like food but not drink, the food checkbox would be ticked!).
I'm not expecting anyone on SO to do this for me, of course, but I would like to find some specific areas I could go to learn how to do this, and google is failing me in this regard. I will then begin working/editing this post to show my code/ask for help.
Can anyone help please?
It seems that you want to build a specific search for site, but instead of the user searching it is what is displayed. I would start with looking at php, based upon which checkboxes they choose, you can return variables which would show them what they want to see.
I personally wouldn't use javascipt for this.
I'm not sure what your level of experience is with Javascript, so my apologies if this answer is too basic.
To put a slider on your page refer here for the HTML:
http://webhole.net/2010/04/24/html-5-slider-input-tutorial/
Then in Javascript get the value of that slider when making your GET requests of the server.
You can store the selected value or checked value in the target element, when you process, you just call the element and get the value from them. Using jquery data() method can store the value to element and retrive it pretty easy.
If you still have no clue, I redcomend you learn some basic javscript techniques, go to this site www.jquery.com .
Are you using jQuery and jQuery UI? jQuery UI has a nice slider widget with a number of configuration options and good documentation: http://jqueryui.com/demos/slider/
If you're not used to it, there may be a bit of a learning curve for jQuery, but it makes a great number of UI features much, much easier to code. Showing and hiding elements based on checkboxes, for example, is a pain to do in straight JS but fairly simple to do with jQuery. There are lots of other ways to just make a slider, but if you're planning to do much more with the UI I'd strongly recommend using a library like jQuery to do the heavy lifting.
I want to create an in-window pop up that darkens the entire window with a semi-transparent black overlay and there is a popup in the middle that warns the user about something. I have seen something like this on att web site
http://www.att.com/wireless/iphone/?wtSlotClick=1-003G93!CIWM01-3-1&rel=nofollow
and if you click on the order now button it will give a pop up and darkens the entire window. I know very little of javascript (close to 0) and I am currently using Rails to find the answer. Does anyone know a quick way for me to achieving this effect?
If you are using prototype and don't want to roll your own, check out the excellent http://www.nickstakenburg.com/projects/lightview/. note that it will cost you 50 bucks, but its probably the nicest implementation I have seen
If you don't mind including jquery, I usually use http://defunkt.github.com/facebox/ when I need similar functionality.
http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2007/08/22/create-a-lightbox-effect-only-with-css-no-javascript-needed/
That are called lightboxes, and can be done using only CSS (but if you want it activated onclick then javascript is required).
I am trying to allow for the filling out of a form from a lightbox pop up window. One like the one that Get satisfaction uses (though I only need to be able to collect info, not display from a query as well). You can see a Get Satisfaction example at http://tweet.fabeetle.com and clicking the feedback tab.
What is the best way to do this? JQuery?
I used http://www.nickstakenburg.com/projects/lightview/ a while back and it worked very well.
bgadoci, if you're not an experienced javascript user (or you are and want to avoid a lot of unnecessary work) you'll definitely want to go with a Javascript library like jQuery. As far as choosing the right plugin, you should shop around while keeping in mind your objective. Some of them will be friendlier with forms where others are built for images only.
I can recommend colorbox from experience.