XPages Extension Library: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Next Generation of XPages Components

Chapter 6. Pop-Ups: Tooltips, Dialogs, and Pickers

The previous two chapters have covered the controls in the Extension Library for managing and presenting content for users and handling events. For many input forms, that will suffice. But as part of the Web 2.0 experience that AJAX provides to users, dynamic management of larger areas of content, whether via dialogs, tooltips, or pickers, is a key component. This is where the Extension Library offers a variety of options with pop-ups.

These pop-ups are part of the current web page, so they are not intercepted by pop-up blockers, providing a much more user-friendly experience. The Extension Library contributes tooltips for displaying additional content, dialogs for displaying or managing content, ...