You can also navigate within the same browser tab/window if you want. Simply
use target="_top" or target="_parent" and it will navigate away from the
iGoogle page.
("_parent" means the parent of your iframe; "_top" means the topmost parent
of all iframes including nested ones. On iGoogle these should be the same,
since your iframe is a direct child of the main window. On other sites it
would make a difference if they had nested iframes.)
Basically, cross-domain browser security allows one window/iframe to
*change* the URL of any other window/iframe (even if it's not from the same
domain). It just doesn't let you *read* the URL of windows or frames that
come from other domains. But that's not a problem if you just want to
navigate.
-Mike
On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <[email protected]
> wrote:
> Rob, thanks again for the reply.
>
> Yeah, you are totally right, target=_blank a document within an iframe
> works just as expected. I was confusing all this stuff. All clear now!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Marcelo.
>
>
> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Rob Russell <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Using target="_blank" on the link opens a link in a new tab. It should be
>> straightforward to set that up dynamically in your javascript.
>>
>>
>> Rob Russell
>> Google Developer Relations
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the answer Rob,
>>>
>>> Do you know if the gadgets or OpenSocial framework provide any facility
>>> to open links out of the context of this iframe?
>>>
>>> For example, I have several links inside the gadget. Each of them points
>>> to an external site, they are simple GET requests (although sometimes could
>>> be POST though form o javascript). When the user clicks, instead of opening
>>> the link in this iframe (which is what would normally happen, given the way
>>> iframe works) I want to open it either: 1) On the tab that is hosting the
>>> container that hosts this gadget or; 2) On a new tab on the browser.
>>>
>>> Is it possible?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Marcelo.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Rob Russell <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> There used to be inline gadgets on iGoogle, now I don't know if there
>>>> are any left besides the developer gadget - it's a bit of a special case.
>>>> There could be a couple other Google gadgets that are still inline. All
>>>> gadgets created now live in an iframe.
>>>>
>>>> Rob Russell
>>>> Google Developer Relations
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hmm, I was checking on of google gadgets (the "My Gadgets" gadget),
>>>>> which *does not use an iframe*. My gadget does have an iframe though.
>>>>>
>>>>> I thought only type="url" gadgets used iframe whatsoever.
>>>>>
>>>>> This leads me to the following question: Is there a way to create a
>>>>> gadget that does not use an iframe?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Marcelo.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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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