Try this link http://www.stickmanlabs.com/lightwindow/. I have used lightwindow to display images.Hope it will work for you.In this you can submit a form and display images,play video,etc. -------------------------------------
On Apr 3, 4:33 am, bill walton <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 08:47 -0700, Ali wrote: > > On Apr 2, 8:09 am, bill walton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Ali, > > > > Have you considered a lightbox-style approach? > > > > Best regards, > > > Bill > > > I had looked into that approach a little bit, but from what I've seen, > > isn't that mostly for housing image popups? I need my popup to act > > just like a ROR form -- create, update, etc. Can a lightbox approach > > handle that, or is it more for display purposes? > > I'm using Craig Ambrose's RedBox plugin. It's a Ruby implementation of > Lightbox. > > (http:://blog.craigambrose.com/articles/2006/08/16/redbox-a-rails-compatible-lightbox) > > With Redbox, the 'lightbox' window can house anything; including forms. > > A couple of things that tripped me up a little: > > 1) The RedBox method is invoked via XHR, but it renders a > straight .rhtml partial. > > 2) You need to make sure the partial has a containing <div> that's got > height and width styled (CSS) to fit within the RedBox window. > Otherwise you'll get a blank display where you expected content. I > think the 'difficulty' related to non-image content is related to > whether or not the dimensions of the 'bounding box' can be known or have > to be calculated. Anyway, I've found RedBox to be a very useful tool. > > HTH, > Bill --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
