Modal Dialog in Javascript

I am new to web development. I am currently using a .js modal dialog box that I found on the internet that is ok for now. What I want to know is, is th开发者_StackOverflowere a nicer way to do this. Should I look at using jquery?

Thanks

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You can try the popular Prototype JS library. Here's how you would do it in Prototype. The idea will be very similar in nearly all other JS libraries.

HTML:

<div style="display: none" id="message"></div>

CSS:

#message {
 position: absolute;
 left: 40%;
 top: 40%;
}

JS:

function modal(text) {
 $('message').update(text);
 $('message').appear();
}

modal('Any text you want to appear in the modal box');

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Try to use jquery fancybox. It's great and works as well"