Yes, blockUI sets the iframe to 0% opacity. I believe there is also a "blocking div" that is used and you can set the opacity of that with the overlayCSS option, but I'm not 100% sure about.
On Mar 2, 1:44 pm, Jack Killpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ooof, yes, I meant "when the block is removed, the select box > _appears_". Thanks for catching that, and for the explanation. I think > you're essentially saying that blockUI is setting the opacity of the > iframe to something other than 100%, so the select box disappears? Any > known workaround? > > - Jack > > Scott González wrote: > > Did you mean "When the block is removed, the select box reappears"? > > > blockUI uses an iframe behind the blocked element to prevent select > > boxes from showing through in IE 6 (iframes are the only way to > > prevent selects from showing through, regardless of z-index). > > However, the interesting thing about putting an iframe over a select > > is that the select actually disappears, it doesn't just get covered up > > as you would expect. So by having an iframe that doesn't have 100% > > opacity, you'll see that the select is missing. > > > On Feb 27, 11:18 pm, Jack Killpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Sorry if this is yet another "WTF is up with IE6" posting.... but here > >> it is anyway... :-) > > >> I'm using jquery 1.2.1 and blockUI 1.33. I have a div with a select box > >> in it (in dropdown mode) and am blocking the div (not the whole page). > >> When the block appears, the select box disappears. When the block is > >> removed, the select box disappears. > > >> I'm not setting any z-indexes manually. > > >> Any tricks to prevent the dropdown from disappearing? It works fine in > >> IE7 and FF2.x. > > >> Thx, > >> Jack
