On 4/11/10 6:29 PM, Martin Aspeli wrote: > Hi, > > We want to use a p.a.jquerytools-like overlay for a "confirm" screen > on a complex form. The user configures a product to buy on a bespoke > form, and then clicks "Buy". At this point, we need to overlay a > confirm dialogue. This needs to show a few bits of dynamic information > (which can be calculated in JavaScript) and give a few options (e.g. > "would you also like to buy" type recommendations), before clicking OK > or Cancel. Cancel would close the overlay. OK would submit the > underlying form where the user has configured the product they are > purchasing. > > The crucial thing here is that the form is not a standalone view. It's > client-side only. > > Are there any examples/docs for doing this kind of thing? > Sure, plone.app.jquerytools is just using the JQuery Tools overlay, which can do things other than load via AJAX, and which has a decent API documented at http://flowplayer.org/tools/overlay.html .... I think you could create a dummy target node on page load, and then use the overlay's onBeforeLoad callback to populate that node with what you need in the overlay. David
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