Div which is shown on facebox------------- <div class="overlay" style="overflow: auto;"> <div class="confirmbox" style="margin: 3% auto;display:none;"> <span> <img style="cursor:pointer;float:right;" title="Close" onclick="javascript:close_overlay();" src="img/del.gif" border="0"> <div id='content_container'></div> </span> </div> </div> javascript <script type="text/javascript"> function close_overlay(){ $('.overlay').hide('slow'); } $(document).ready(function(){ $('.terms_link').live('click',function(){ var content = $(this).parent().find(".terms_link_data").html(); $('#content_container').html(content); $(".confirmbox").css('height','40%'); $(".confirmbox").css('width','40%'); $(".overlay").show('slow'); $(".confirmbox").css('display','block'); }); }); </script> html apply here------------ <td style='border:solid 1px #245F9B;' align="center" > <div style='display:none;' class="terms_link_data"> <? echo $data['comment'];?> </div> <a href='#' style='text-decoration:none;' class='terms_link'> <? echo ellipsis(ucfirst($data['comment']),50);?> </a> </td>