jQuery UI: How to use ui-widget-overlay by itself?

Question

I am trying to create an overlay, similar to the one that jQuery UI Dialog uses. I can create the overlay like this:

var $overlay = $(\'


        
      

Answer 1

It's very simple, to create overlay just use this code:

var overlay = new $.ui.dialog.overlay();

and when you have to destroy it use this code:

overlay.destroy();