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Example Section Overlay
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Block Overlay</title>
<style type="text/css" media="screen">
*{font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;-moz-border-radius:0.3em;-webkit-border-radius:0.3em;border-radius:0.3em;}
#page{position:absolute;left:50%;width:500px;margin-left:-250px;height:500px;border:1px solid #eee;}
#header{background:#00c;color:#fff;padding:10px;height:20px;}
#content{padding:10px;float:left;width:60%;height:480px;}
#sidebar{float:left;width:30%;padding:10px;font-size:0.8em;border-left:1px solid #ccc;height:410px;}
#sidebar ul{margin:0;padding:0;list-style-type:none;}
#footer{position:absolute;bottom:0;width:490px;text-align:center;padding:5px;border-top:1px solid #99c;color:#999;}
.overlay{position:absolute;background:#ccc;width:100%;height:100%;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;opacity:0.75;}
.overlay-message{position:absolute;top:10%;margin-left:10%;margin-right:10%;padding:5%;background:#fff;font-size:10px;}
.overlay-close-button{position:absolute;top:10px;right:10px;background:#c00;padding:5px;color:#fff;}
.overlay-close-button:hover{background:#f00}
.click-me{color:#c00;font-weight:bold;}
</style>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
$(function($){
$('.click-me').live('click',function(evt){
// prevent default click event from firing
evt.preventDefault();
// Ref our link
var clickedElement = $(evt.target);
// The ovleray stuff
var overlay = $('<div />').addClass('overlay');
var message = $('<p />').text(
'Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit \
in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu \
fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint \
occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt \
in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim\
id est laborum.'
).addClass('overlay-message');
// Close button for the overlay...
var close = $('<a />').text('close').click(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
overlay.remove();
message.remove()
close.remove()
}).addClass('overlay-close-button');
var container = clickedElement.closest('div');
// if it's absolute the overlay will stretch fine, elsewise need to relativize
// but we DONT want to do the reverse.
if(container.css('position') != 'absolute'){
container.css('position','relative');
}
container.append(overlay)
overlay.after(message)
overlay.after(close)
})
})
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="page">
<div id="header">Example</div>
<div id="content">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</div>
<div id="sidebar"><ul><li><a class="click-me" href="#">Click Me</a></li><li><a href="#">Blah blah</a></li><li><a href="#">Blah blah</a></li></ul></div>
<div id="footer"><small>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit</small></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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