Avgrund is a jQuery plugin for modal boxes and popups. It uses interesting concept showing depth between popup and page. It works in all modern browsers and gracefully degrade in those that do not support CSS transitions and transformations (e.g. in IE 6-9 has standard behavior). File size is under 2Kb, MIT Licensed.
You can simply init Avgrund with one line:
$('element').avgrund();
Avgrund has several options for you to customize it easily:
$('element').avgrund({
width: 380, // max is 640px
height: 280, // max is 350px
showClose: false, // switch to 'true' for enabling close button
showCloseText: '', // type your text for close button
closeByEscape: true, // enables closing popup by 'Esc'..
closeByDocument: true, // ..and by clicking document itself
holderClass: '', // lets you name custom class for popin holder..
overlayClass: '', // ..and overlay block
enableStackAnimation: false, // another animation type
onBlurContainer: '', // enables blur filter for specified block
openOnEvent: true, // set to 'false' to init on load
setEvent: 'click', // use your event like 'mouseover', 'touchmove', etc.
onLoad: function (elem) { ... }, // set custom call before popin is inited..
onUnload: function (elem) { ... }, // ..and after it was closed
template: 'String content..' // or function (elem) { }, or $('.content')
});
Avgrund plugin was inspired by Hakimel's Avgrund.js demo.