Make window pop up in the same browser

I wanted to make a window popup in the same browser blocking the background..I am a newbie and does not have any idea about it.. can anyone help me out with this ??

Also Can this be done with accordion in 开发者_如何学Pythonjquery ?? or should i use some other technology for my window to pop up ??

jQueryUI has a dialog box with an option for modal (which is what you're referring to with "blocking out the background", I believe).

See http://jqueryui.com/demos/dialog/#option-modal

I think you mean a modal window? See this http://www.ericmmartin.com/projects/simplemodal/

May be you are asking for Lightbox, http://leandrovieira.com/projects/jquery/lightbox/