replacement for window.showmodelessdialog in mozilla

[anand basha]

what is the replacement for window.navigate in mozilla

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i was used window.showmodelessdialog in IE5 - in mozilla it is not
working

 

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

what is the replacement for window.navigate in mozilla

(<URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/methods/navigate.asp>)

window.location = "...";

works in both --

<URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/objects/obj_location.asp>
<URL:http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/DOM:window.location>

-- and it probably works in every HTML UA with client-side script support:

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i was used window.showmodelessdialog in IE5 - in mozilla it
is not working

Of course, window.showModelessDialog() (case-sensitive!) it is a proprietary
method of the IE4+ DOM:

,-<URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/methods/showmodelessdialog.asp>
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| Standards Information
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| There is no public standard that applies to this method.


Mozilla/5.0 implements the Gecko DOM:

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PointedEars

 

[Martin Honnen]

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:

Of course, window.showModelessDialog() (case-sensitive!) it is a proprietary
method of the IE4+ DOM:

IE5+, IE 4 had showModalDialog only

 

[anand basha]

Sir,
There is any way to use showModalDialog in mozilla,i was used
showModalDialog in IE , i have to convert IE to mozilla
now i urgently need your help

 

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

There is any way to use showModalDialog in mozilla,

Is that a question?
^
Please follow the links that were posted before you post a followup.
_There is no `showModalDialog' in the Gecko DOM_, so no way to use
`showModalDialog' in Mozilla(/5.0).

It appears there is an undocumented window.openDialog() method in newer
Gecko-based UAs since rv:0.9 (because Netscape 6 is mentioned in the FAQ)
which may provide for a viable alternative, but I have never used that:

<URL:http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/DOM:window>
(I already posted this)

However, it appears also that it requires a signed and trusted script:
<URL:http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/1602>

JFTR: Do not attempt to emulate a modal dialog by trying to keep a window
on top; it will only annoy your users when they try to use other browser
windows or tabs, and other application software that have a windowed GUI.


PointedEars

 

[RobG]

Sir,
There is any way to use showModalDialog in mozilla,i was used
showModalDialog in IE , i have to convert IE to mozilla
now i urgently need your help

Below is a link to a long discussion about the pros and cons of allowing
modal dialogs.

<URL"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194404>


The bottom line is that most developers are fundamentally opposed to
them, the only support comes from those who want it because IE has it -
not a particularly sound technical reason.

There are two things you can do to get a bit of modality:

1. Use script to force the pop-up to get focus every time the opener
gets focus. It's a rather awful idea because it causes the
windows to flash quite a bit, especially on older machines.

2. Open the pop-up with a Dependent attribute with value 1. This
isn't really modal, it just keeps the pop-up in front of the opener.
There is a sample here:

<URL:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=115195&action=view>