lock screen on submit

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cardi777
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lock screen on submit

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Hi.

If I make a form that has a fair bit of data to submit, i find that the user has the ability to click other buttons while the information is being processed - thus screwing up things a little.

I have seen on some websites a full screen layer that pops up on submit with a loading animating gif in the middle.

does anyone have any snippets I can use for this? And is this best as a javascript thing, or a jquery thing?

Cheers,
Doug
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Re: lock screen on submit

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The term you want to search for is "lightbox", but more specifically "jquery lightbox" :)
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Re: lock screen on submit

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hmm I have seen these. But i don't know how to appropriate these tools to be used like this

How do you suppose I use this kind of thing?
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Re: lock screen on submit

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your reply lead me onto here:http://malsup.com/jquery/block/#demos

Thanks for that.

cheers,
Doug
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cardi777 wrote:your reply lead me onto here:http://malsup.com/jquery/block/#demos

Thanks for that.

cheers,
Doug
I haven't come across that plugin yet, looks like a good one!
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