# About popup window

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/about-popup-window/137128>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 9, 2008, 6:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/about-popup-window/137128 "2008-05-09T06:41:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![daociyiyou](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@daociyiyou](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daociyiyou)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 6:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/about-popup-window/137128/1 "2008-05-09T06:41:57Z")

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hello:  
I want something behavioring like ajax:when click a link,invoke a  
method in some class,then the response content will be displayed in a  
mini popup window below the link,what’s more,user can close this mini  
window.how do i realize this?

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**Author:** ![daociyiyou](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@daociyiyou](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daociyiyou)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 8:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/about-popup-window/137128/2 "2008-05-09T08:06:35Z")

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who can help me?

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**Author:** ![daociyiyou](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@daociyiyou](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daociyiyou)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 9:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/about-popup-window/137128/3 "2008-05-09T09:04:14Z")

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> who can help me?

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**Author:** ![daociyiyou](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@daociyiyou](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daociyiyou)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/about-popup-window/137128/4 "2008-05-09T17:46:47Z")

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Here’s one example implementation you could look at that is nicely  
packaged up:

[http://www.craigambrose.com/projects/redbox](http://www.craigambrose.com/projects/redbox)

and here’s a post describing another approach:

[http://javathehutt.blogspot.com/2006/07/rails-realities-part-15-ajax-modal.html](http://javathehutt.blogspot.com/2006/07/rails-realities-part-15-ajax-modal.html)

Michael S.  
[www.BuildingWebApps.com](http://www.BuildingWebApps.com)  
Resources for Rails Developers

On May 9, 12:04 am, Guo Y. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

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**Author:** ![daociyiyou](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@daociyiyou](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daociyiyou)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/about-popup-window/137128/5 "2008-05-09T18:53:16Z")

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You might need to give us a little more context for your problem.

If you want to make a popup window, add in a target to a link  
(assuming you want a link)

link\_to(‘something’, {:action =\> ‘blah’}, {:target =\> ‘\_new’})

That should work.

Julian.

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