Javascript Prompt: best practice?

Question

I would like to prompt the user for some input on a webpage.

I can't use the builtin Javascript prompt function as it is creates security warnings in IE.

Is there a best practice/method/example that people use to recreate this?

The Javascript would need to be embedded in the page, so I'm looking at avoiding weighty external libraries.

Answer 1

The easiest, most user-friendly approach would probably be to create a normal HTML form that you show with JavaScript in response to a click event on a link or button; you'd then hide the form after the data has been submitted.

Answer 2

I'd steer away from prompts; they're obtrusive. You could render a form.

Answer 3

I use jQuery plugin Impromptu . It's nice and unobtrusive and sufficiently lightweight.