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> the message is always centered horizontally+vertically within the
> blocked area. I need the possibility to switch it off, the reason:
> when I block a long screen section, the vertically centered message
> might often displayed invisible for a user (below the bottom of the
> screen!). It seems there is no way to switch it off or in any way to
> bypass/control it (height=100% doesn't work in IE).
>
> I would like to see the possibility to override the autocentering of
> the message (via CSS or .defaults).
These pages show how you can take control of the block styling.
Control over the positioning is achieved by using margin offsets.
(Note that these pages use the 2.0 blockUI code)
http://www.malsup.com/jquery/block/css.html
http://www.malsup.com/jquery/block/css2.html
http://www.malsup.com/jquery/block/stylesheet.html
Mike

thanx, but it doesn't help to control vertical positioning of the
message within the element-blocked area. I already tried all margin-
top and top combinations, of course including negative. Setting "top"
to a constant value works when blocking the whole page (as
demonstrated on http://www.malsup.com/jquery/block/css.html), but not
a custom area - where only % more or less work, but because the area
I'm blocking is of a variable height, it doesn't help either. No
matter how I experiment, the message still pops up in different
locations depending on the area's height at this particular moment.
And because I need a constant offset from the top of the blocked area,
currently the only solution that works for me is commenting a line in
the BlockUI source code. :( Ugh :(
-=snobo=-

> And because I need a constant offset from the top of the blocked area,
> currently the only solution that works for me is commenting a line in
> the BlockUI source code. :( Ugh :(
Yeah, I get what you mean. I'll update the plugin to make this easier.
Mike

v2.03 is available now. This page demos how to use the new position stuff:
http://malsup.com/jquery/block/position.html
Mike

Excellent, exactly what I needed! Thanx a lot for quick fix!
cheers,
snobo