I did come up with a solution that appears to solve the problem,
although it's not exactly elegant. Once the generated content is in
the DOM I can do the following:
if ($.browser.msie)
$('.myDiv a.myLinks').click (function (){location.href =
this.href});
On Sep 4, 3:35 pm, Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks, but I couldn't get that to work, I can't get the dialog to
> position where I want it to go ot to take the correct size and the
> result just looks like a total mess.
>
> On Sep 4, 2:24 pm, Quayfee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Gordon,
>
> > I don't know if it's of any use to you, but I hit a similar issue
> > creating blockUI popups with external files as thier source.
>
> > I ended up with a solution that sounds simliar to what you're doing, I
> > create the div at the end of the page [$('body').append('<div
> > id="dialog"></div>')], then populate it (in my case from the external
> > file), then set a variable with the jQuery object for that div [var
> > dialogDiv = $('#dialog');], then use that object as the target for the
> > call to $.blockUI.
>
> > Here's my final working function:
>
> > function setDialog(srcFile) {
> > $('body').append('<div id="dialog"></div>');
> > $('#dialog').load('_dialogs/'+srcFile,'',function(){
> > $.extend($.blockUI.defaults.overlayCSS, { backgroundColor:
> > '#333333', opacity: '0.5' });
> > var dialogDiv = $('#dialog');
> > $.blockUI(dialogDiv);
> > });
>
> > };
>
> > I then have another function that destroys the generated code when a
> > user cilcks on a link or button in the external dialog files. using
> > $.unblockUI() forllowed by $('#dialog').remove();
>
> > I also found that I had to be very careful about the z-index of
> > elements used for blockUI and ended up setting them very high in the
> > css file just to make sure :o)
>
> > I'm still pretty new to jQuery (only a week and a 1/2 on it so far)
> > but this might help...
>
> > Cheers
>
> > Keith
