Help Popup and Fade Background

[Riparian]

Hi

 

Can someone point me in the direction of a script for dummies where I can put a form on the screen and fade out the background

 

I have hunted the net and tried dozens of scripts but can not get the gist of them. (Javascript not my strong suit)

 

Cheers and Thanks

[Amtran]

So...just to get this straight...you want a form on the screen (when the page loads, or will it come in later?), and the background to fade in?

 

Hmm...well, I'm very tired right now, but here's something I pulled out of my collection of scripts I've written. I'll try and write something better tomorrow.

 

<script type="text/javascript">
function fadetext(item_faded)
{
	hex += 11; //Makes color lighter and lighter
	document.getElementById(item_faded).style.background = "rgb(" + hex + "," + hex + "," + hex + ")"; //Sets color
	setTimeout("fadetext()", 40); //Re-runs function every 40 milliseconds
}
</script>

 

That will fade any element you want, probably not what you're looking for, but maybe it'll help.

[Riparian]

Thank  you heaps for your effort.

 

As I mentioned... I am not too bright with javascript but generally can work it out from examples of code.

 

What I was hoping for was to load a popup on the screen which contained a form. Everything behind the popup fades to grey.

 

It seems to be very popular on the net and there are a number of sites with partial scripts but I cant get them together.

 

Your work may not be wasted.. perhaps I or someone else on the forum has a use for it

 

Cheers and thanks again