modal div

[dmcdivitt]

I have a form with 75 lines, each with a person textbox. There are 300 people to choose from. It would be dumb to put a dropdown on each line and populate the dropdown with all the names. A good way would be to use a "pick" button, showModalDialog, and put a return value into the text box. But each use of the modal popup window would require sending the 300 names to the client again. The best approach would be using a hidden div. Upon clicking the "pick" button the div would be positioned near the button, revealed, and a value written in the textbox when done. How can I make the div modal? I'd like to prevent scrolling, too, but that would require trapping the scroll event which isn't worth it. Thanks

[rhodesa]

try something like this:

http://ajaxian.com/archives/thickbox-lightboxes-with-any-html