Help on making bg go dark

[tsukdev]

On some sites I have been to, when you select an action such as 'Upload File' a pop-up window apprears and the back window dims into a translucent grey. Once the file has been uploaded or the action cancelled the front window disappears and the one in the background that dimmed now appears normal again.

I think this is really cool and was wondering how it was done...?

Thanks

[g_stanton4142]

This will prob be done using javascript and DHTML. I would expect that the window opened when the form is submitted and data passed to that window as follows:

<form name="form" method="post" action="uplaoder.php" target="WINDOW1" onsubmit="window.open('','WINDOW1','resizable=1,scrollbars=1,width=400,height=300')">

YOUR FORM

</form>

Your upload script would do its stuff and then close the window. The other page would monitor the window (by using the name WINDOW1) untill it has closed. Of course you would add the Javascript to change the background when the form is submitted, and when the upload window closes. I would post the code for you, but this is a PHP forum after all 🙂

[tsukdev]

Yes, thanks - one of our software engineers then told me this, but I wanted to find out on my own even though I now have to go looking for the code... Is there a forum that might have this?

[Roger_Ramjet]

Try HTML Forums