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Now that I’ve been working more and more with ASP.NET MVC, I’ve been rewriting some of my server side controls with jQuery plugins. A while back I shared my version of Janko’s popular MessageBox control. I’ve created a similar effect with a jQuery plugin based on the Highlight/Error examples on the jQuery UI Themes page.

Here’s an example:

Usage:

<div id="infoMessage">
    To learn more about ASP.NET MVC visit <a href="http://asp.net/mvc" title="ASP.NET MVC Website">

http://asp.net/mvc</a>.

</div>
<br />
<div id="errorMessage" style="display: none">
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function ()
    {
        $("#infoMessage").message();

        $("#errorMessage").message({
            type: "error",
            message: "Oops! An enexpected error has occurred.",
            dismiss: false
        });
    });
</script>

The message function accepts the following optional parameters:

• type: “info” or “error”. Default is “info”.
• message: “your message”. Default is the content of the element.
• dismiss: true or false. Default is true. If true, “Click to dismiss” will be appended to the message and clicking the message will hide it.

I’ve created a plugin project at http://plugins.jquery.com/project/message and I’m hosting the source at http://code.google.com/p/jquery-message/.