# Advise: popups for the views

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/advise-popups-for-the-views/181545>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 13, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/advise-popups-for-the-views/181545 "2010-01-13T15:21:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![tomtt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@tomtt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tomtt)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/advise-popups-for-the-views/181545/1 "2010-01-13T15:21:22Z")

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hi,

i woould like to have popup windows for certain views, eg the NEW  
view, so that as soon the create is done, i can close that window and  
reload the main “list” in the back…

so my question is: what are the easiest/best libs for  
popup-html-windows.

or is it better do to it by hand?

thx

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**Author:** ![tomtt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@tomtt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tomtt)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/advise-popups-for-the-views/181545/2 "2010-01-14T14:20:28Z")

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On Jan 13, 9:08Â am, tom [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> hi,
> 
> i woould like to have popup windows for certain views, eg the NEW  
> view, so that as soon the create is done, i can close that window and  
> reload the main “list” in the back…
> 
> so my question is: what are the easiest/best libs for popup-html-windows.

Are you looking for actual popup windows, or just simulated ones? I’ve  
used things like Redbox and Facebox in several projects, but they are  
both “lightbox” style (darken the background) simulated popups.

–Matt J.