Question

Ive been experimenting with the jQuery UI Modal Dialog, it seems very nice, however not quite what I need – is there a possibility to open the dialog without having the gray overlay that disables the background? Something like this:

http://demos.kendoui.com/web/window/index.html
(but telerik are expensive, for now I need something open source)

Thanks,

Answer 1

Yes, it is possible and you should have not face such issue as this is the default behavior of the dialog:

modalType: Boolean

Default: false

If set to true, the dialog will have modal behavior; other items on
the page will be disabled, i.e., cannot be interacted with. Modal
dialogs create an overlay below the dialog but above other page
elements.

Try setting modalType to false.

EDIT:

The modalType is renamed to modal only in jQuery UI 1.10.