// override these in your code to change the default behavior and style
$.blockUI.defaults = {
    // message displayed when blocking (use null for no message)
    message:  '<img src="/images/translate-loading.gif" />',

    // styles for the message when blocking; if you wish to disable
    // these and use an external stylesheet then do this in your code:
    // $.blockUI.defaults.css = {};
    css: {
        padding:        0,
        margin:         0,
        width:          '30%',
        top:            '40%',
        left:           '35%',
        textAlign:      'center',
        color:          '#000',
        border:         'none',
        backgroundColor:'transparent',
        cursor:         'wait'
    },

    // styles for the overlay
    overlayCSS:  {
        backgroundColor:'#FFF',
        opacity:        '0.9'
    },

    // styles applied when using $.growlUI
    growlCSS: {
        width:    '350px',
        top:      '10px',
        left:     '',
        right:    '10px',
        border:   'none',
        padding:  '5px',
        opacity:  '0.6',
        color:    '#fff',
        backgroundColor: '#000',
        '-webkit-border-radius': '10px',
        '-moz-border-radius':    '10px'
    },

    // z-index for the blocking overlay
    baseZ: 1000,

    // set these to true to have the message automatically centered
    centerX: true, // <-- only effects element blocking (page block controlled via css above)
    centerY: true,

    // allow body element to be stetched in ie6; this makes blocking look better
    // on "short" pages.  disable if you wish to prevent changes to the body height
    allowBodyStretch: true,

    // be default blockUI will supress tab navigation from leaving blocking content;
    constrainTabKey: true,

    // fadeIn time in millis; set to 0 to disable fadeIn on block
    fadeIn:  200,

    // fadeOut time in millis; set to 0 to disable fadeOut on unblock
    fadeOut:  400,

    // time in millis to wait before auto-unblocking; set to 0 to disable auto-unblock
    timeout: 0,

    // disable if you don't want to show the overlay
    showOverlay: true,

    // if true, focus will be placed in the first available input field when
    // page blocking
    focusInput: true,

    // suppresses the use of overlay styles on FF/Linux (due to performance issues with opacity)
    applyPlatformOpacityRules: true,

    // callback method invoked when unblocking has completed; the callback is
    // passed the element that has been unblocked (which is the window object for page
    // blocks) and the options that were passed to the unblock call:
    //     onUnblock(element, options)
    onUnblock: null,

    // don't ask; if you really must know: http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en/browse_thread/thread/36640a8730503595/2f6a79a77a78e493#2f6a79a77a78e493
    quirksmodeOffsetHack: 4
};