Index: lams_central/web/includes/javascript/dialog.js
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/lams_central/web/includes/javascript/dialog.js,v
diff -u -r1.1.2.20 -r1.1.2.21
--- lams_central/web/includes/javascript/dialog.js	8 Dec 2016 14:36:07 -0000	1.1.2.20
+++ lams_central/web/includes/javascript/dialog.js	9 Dec 2016 17:45:54 -0000	1.1.2.21
@@ -37,9 +37,13 @@
 			return;
 		}
 	}
+
+	// checks whether the dialog should be created inside a current window or in a parent one. The latter is prefered 
+	//in case we want dialog to be not constrained by the boundaries of a current window
+	var body = initParams.isCreateInParentWindow ? parent.$("body") : 'body';
 	
 	// create a new dialog by cloning a template
-	dialog = dialogTemplate.clone().appendTo('body');
+	dialog = dialogTemplate.clone().appendTo(body);
 	
 	// use the input attributes or fall back to default ones
 	initParams = $.extend({