We have a different popup implementation 
with hidden portlet popping up with a 
list for selection.

The difference is that after user make a 
selection, it transfers selected value via 
JavaScript to the browser windows that 
triggered the pop-up.  But there is no
implementation with communication between
portlets the way you described it.

Alex

----- Original Message -----
From: Kai Grossjohann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 10:28 am
Subject: Popup windows with Portlets

> "Igor, make it so that we can use popup windows with portlets!"
> "Yeth, marthther."
> 
> I know that it is very difficult to make popup windows work with
> portlets.  But I gotta try.  The powers that be expressed their
> wishes...
> 
> So is there any way at all for a popup window to communicate with the
> portlet?  I will need bidirectional communication.
> 
> If it soothes you at all, I'll try to make it so that the popup
> behaves like a modal dialog, eg by telling the porlet to give 
> focus to
> the popup if there is a popup, using JavaScript.
> 
> The idea goes like this: user clicks on icon to frob the search
> range.  The window does what windows aren't allowed to do in portal
> sites and shows two input fields to the user, start date and end
> date.  User frobs these two items, clicks okay.  The window
> disappears, and now the portlet session knows the new start/end dates.
> 
> 
> Hm.  In principle, one could imagine having two portlets, the search
> form portlet and the search range portlet.  The latter is normally
> minimized.  But if the user clicks on a special button in the search
> form portlet, the search range portlet is maximized (or restored, or
> something), allowing the user to enter the date.  After the user
> clicks submit, the search range portlet is minimized again, going back
> to the previous view.  The new search range is remembered in the
> portlet session.
> 
> Would this work?
> 
> 
> I'd be happy about any suggestions you might have.
> 
> Kai
> 
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