Sharepoint modal dialog tutorial (and how to use it like JQuey modal dialog, and why not to use JQuey modal dialog)
so lets talk about the Sharepoint Modal Dialog, the one that comes form SP.UI.ModalDialog part 1 - why not to use the jquery modal that is simple, jquery modal looks to put an overlay on the screen, and its almost impossible to fix it with sharepoint for the multiple wrapping elements, good luck with that. part 2 - but jquery modal is better, easier, and easier to use and customize you're right. so go solve part 1. or try part 3. part 3 - how to easily use SP modal's easy, and more like JQ's well the most easy way is to prepare a div element with everything you need inside and let the dialog execute on it, for example (note that "html" mean HTMLElement, not html text...): < div style =" display : none"> < div class ="divForModal" title ="Happy Dialog"> < img src ="../mouseovericon.png"> <!-- and all other content --> ...