Implementing a jQuery Modal Window in ASP.NET

I’ve recently had several questions about attempts to use the Ajax Control Toolkit’s Modal Dialog, or more accurately, to misuse it, as a window. It’s a “dialog” and therefore not well suited to being used for receiving data from the user. Controls like the Modal Dialog Extender Control are convenient when they do when we want them to do but when they don’t there is no reason not to “roll our own” functionality. In this case I’ve built a sample using jQuery to display a Semi-Modal Window to allow the user to edit a field on the page. I say “semi” Modal because clicking outside the Window causes the edits to be aborted, the Window to be closed, and the page to be visually restored…(read more)