A little more optimization work, client-side this time. I lied, no librijnadel2 here, but it's about to be merged in...
/**
* Darkens the browser screen. This will make the entire page un-clickable except for any floating divs created after this is called. Restore with enlighten().
* @param bool Controls whether the fade should be disabled or not. aclDisableTransitionFX will override this if set to true, and fades are never fired on IE.
* @param int When specified, represents the numeric opacity value to set the fade layer to. 1-100.
*/
var darkener_index = 0;
function darken(nofade, opacVal)
{
if(IE)
nofade = true;
if ( !opacVal )
opacVal = 70;
darkener_index++;
if(document.getElementById('specialLayer_darkener'))
{
if(nofade)
{
changeOpac(opacVal, 'specialLayer_darkener');
document.getElementById('specialLayer_darkener').style.display = 'block';
document.getElementById('specialLayer_darkener').myOpacVal = opacVal;
}
else
{
if ( document.getElementById('specialLayer_darkener').style.display != 'none' )
{
var currentOpac = document.getElementById('specialLayer_darkener').myOpacVal;
opacity('specialLayer_darkener', currentOpac, opacVal, 1000);
document.getElementById('specialLayer_darkener').myOpacVal = opacVal;
}
else
{
document.getElementById('specialLayer_darkener').style.display = 'block';
document.getElementById('specialLayer_darkener').myOpacVal = opacVal;
opacity('specialLayer_darkener', 0, opacVal, 1000);
}
}
} else {
w = getWidth();
h = getHeight();
var thediv = document.createElement('div');
if(IE)
thediv.style.position = 'absolute';
else
thediv.style.position = 'fixed';
if ( IE )
{
var top = getScrollOffset();
thediv.style.top = String(top) + 'px';
}
else
{
thediv.style.top = '0px';
}
thediv.style.left = '0px';
thediv.style.opacity = '0';
thediv.style.filter = 'alpha(opacity=0)';
thediv.style.backgroundColor = '#000000';
thediv.style.width = '100%';
thediv.style.height = '100%';
thediv.zIndex = getHighestZ() + 5;
thediv.id = 'specialLayer_darkener';
thediv.myOpacVal = opacVal;
if(nofade)
{
thediv.style.opacity = ( parseFloat(opacVal) / 100 );
thediv.style.filter = 'alpha(opacity=' + opacVal + ')';
body = document.getElementsByTagName('body');
body = body[0];
body.appendChild(thediv);
} else {
body = document.getElementsByTagName('body');
body = body[0];
body.appendChild(thediv);
opacity('specialLayer_darkener', 0, opacVal, 1000);
}
}
}
/**
* Un-darkens the screen and re-enables clicking of on-screen controls.
* @param bool If true, disables the fade effect. Fades are always disabled if aclDisableTransitionFX is true and on IE.
*/
function enlighten(nofade)
{
if(IE)
nofade = true;
darkener_index -= 1;
if ( darkener_index > 0 )
return false;
if(document.getElementById('specialLayer_darkener'))
{
if(nofade)
{
document.getElementById('specialLayer_darkener').style.display = 'none';
}
else
{
var from = document.getElementById('specialLayer_darkener').myOpacVal;
// console.info('Fading from ' + from);
opacity('specialLayer_darkener', from, 0, 1000);
setTimeout("document.getElementById('specialLayer_darkener').style.display = 'none';", 1000);
}
}
}