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

var overlay = $('
').hide().appendTo($('body'));
$(overlay).width('100%');
$(overlay).height('100%');
$(overlay).fadeIn();