Here is the magic to close a modal dialog browser window
from a link in that window - or in various other ways.
I've only tested this on an IE5.01SP2 client under W2KSP2.
If anyone can validate other clients that would be nice.
As correctly suggested by others on this list you need an
attribute of onClick="window.close()".
This may be applied to a link, a paragraph, a div, or even
to the whole body. But, and here is the catch, if you
apply it to a link the link still does its thing. In fact
that is true for any object with a default onClick action
- the default action still occurs after the custom script.
The way to defeat the default action is to return false
from the custom onClick script. The attribute we need is
onClick="window.close();window.event.returnValue=false".
Below please find a minimalist html file which will demo
these possibilities. Cut and paste it and save it as
SMD_target.htm. Below that is another minimalist html
file to invoke the first one - this shows how to dispense
with links and buttons in general if that is your desire.
Hope this helps,
Duncan Fenton
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<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Modal Dialog Box</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY onclick="if (window.event.shiftKey) window.close()">
<H1>Modal Dialog Box</H1>
<HR>
<P><A href="nowhere.htm"
onClick="window.close();window.event.returnValue = false">
Click on this link to close window</A></P>
<BR>
<P onClick="window.close()">
Or click on this paragraph to close window</P>
<BR>
<P>Or shift-click anywhere in the window to close it</P>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>showModalDialog Request</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1>showModalDialog Request</H1>
<P>Who needs buttons? Click
<NOBR onclick="window.showModalDialog('SMD_target.htm')">here</NOBR>
for Modal Dialog<BR>(You have to click the actual word 'here')</P>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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=======Original Message=====
From: Aidan Whitehall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 16 October 2003 16:45
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] OT: JavaScript & modal dialogs
> That may not be too useful... I just tried it and it closed the PARENT
> before zipping the child (which stopped being modal) to the link.
> Feature or bug?
>
> What behaviour are you trying to have, anyway?
The content of the modal window is explanatory information. It could be
done using a second browser window, but I love the functionality of the
modal window.
In the end, I couldn't get the syntax of the hyperlink to work, so said
"To hell with it" and just used a button.
It works, so it's what they're getting ;-)
--
Aidan Whitehall <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Macromedia ColdFusion Developer
Fairbanks Environmental Ltd +44 (0)1695 51775
Queen's Awards Winner 2003 <http://www.fairbanks.co.uk/go/awards>
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