Hmm, I checked the markup of a couple of gadgets and they don't seem to use
an iframe after all, *except* the ones that use the Content type="url". Am I
missing something here?

Thanks,

Marcelo.

On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <[email protected]
> wrote:

> Oh, I didn't know gadgets used an IFRAME... :(
>
> This could be a big issue for the gadget we want to develop. This specific
> gadget has links that should be opened in the browser context, and not the
> iframe context (i.e as new tabs or browser windows, target: _blank). I
> wonder how one could do that from within a gadget?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marcelo.
>
>
> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 6:14 PM, Michael Geary <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> When you run Firebug on iGoogle, you are running it on the container page,
>> not in the IFRAME that contains your gadget, so it does not have the same
>> global object as your gadget IFRAME.
>>
>> One way to run Firebug on your gadget code is to right click inside your
>> gadget and select This Frame and then any of:
>>
>> Show Only This Frame
>> Open Frame in New Window
>> Open Frame in New Tab
>>
>> Then you'll have your gadget code running in its own browser window or
>> tab, and when you use Firebug you will see gadgets.io and the other
>> objects you expect.
>>
>> -Mike
>>
>> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 3:57 PM, celoserpa <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello list,
>>>
>>> I haven't dug up deeply into the Gadgets engine nor I plan to right now,
>>> and something intrigued me. If I put this in a <javascript> element inside
>>> the gadget's content:
>>>
>>>             alert(gadgets.io.RequestParameters.AUTHORIZATION);
>>>
>>> I get the alert with AUTHORIZATION when opening iGoogle and the gadget
>>> loads.
>>>
>>> However, if, while on iGoogle, I open Firebug and on the console I type:
>>>
>>> >>> console.debug(gadgets.io.RequestParameters.AUTHORIZATION);
>>>
>>> I get the following result:
>>> TypeError: gadgets.io is undefined { message="gadgets.io is undefined",
>>> more...}
>>>
>>> Now, I'm puzzled on how iGoogle makes gadgets.io available for the
>>> gadget only, could someone enlightenme?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Marcelo.
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