Re: [PHP] Re: Some kind of Popup
Ashley Sheridan wrote:
On Sat, 2008-11-22 at 12:32 -0500, Patrick Moloney wrote:
Yeti wrote:
Another JavaScript method would be to load the content in a hidden div
with position: absolute.
I think that's what I was considering doing with CSS except it would be
labels only in the content. I only wanted to retrieve the data record
from mysql if the user asked for the specs.
One issue is I don't want to leave the space available on my regular web
page and would like to try not to overwrite something there - I'd rather
have a separate window of some sort that sort of floats over the web page.
The best way to have the popup work, even with popup blockers is to have
a link like this:
a href=details.php?id=1 target=details onclick=window.open('about:
blank', 'details','width=300,height=200');More Details/a
The onclick handler is called before the link is actioned, and it opens
a new window with your settings, called 'details'. When that is
finished, the browser continues actioning the link, looks to find the
window/frame called 'details', finds one, and uses it. This way, even if
a user has scripting turned off, the link still works and opens in a new
window.
Ash
www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
Ashley,
Thanks, I finally worked on the popup you suggested. That is the closest
to what I am looking for. I'm sure there are some other settings that
could be useful. For example, the popup window gets hidden behind the
primary web page if the user goes back there, and does not come back if
he clicks again.
But, my bigger question is this: Is this solution specific to MS
Windows. What would happen if someone were viewing the website using
Apple or Linus etc?
Here's hoping you see this.
Thanks,
Patrick
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Re: [PHP] Re: Some kind of Popup
On Sat, 2009-02-07 at 09:06 -0500, Patrick Moloney wrote:
Ashley Sheridan wrote:
On Sat, 2008-11-22 at 12:32 -0500, Patrick Moloney wrote:
Yeti wrote:
Another JavaScript method would be to load the content in a hidden div
with position: absolute.
I think that's what I was considering doing with CSS except it would be
labels only in the content. I only wanted to retrieve the data record
from mysql if the user asked for the specs.
One issue is I don't want to leave the space available on my regular web
page and would like to try not to overwrite something there - I'd rather
have a separate window of some sort that sort of floats over the web page.
The best way to have the popup work, even with popup blockers is to have
a link like this:
a href=details.php?id=1 target=details onclick=window.open('about:
blank', 'details','width=300,height=200');More Details/a
The onclick handler is called before the link is actioned, and it opens
a new window with your settings, called 'details'. When that is
finished, the browser continues actioning the link, looks to find the
window/frame called 'details', finds one, and uses it. This way, even if
a user has scripting turned off, the link still works and opens in a new
window.
Ash
www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
Ashley,
Thanks, I finally worked on the popup you suggested. That is the closest
to what I am looking for. I'm sure there are some other settings that
could be useful. For example, the popup window gets hidden behind the
primary web page if the user goes back there, and does not come back if
he clicks again.
But, my bigger question is this: Is this solution specific to MS
Windows. What would happen if someone were viewing the website using
Apple or Linus etc?
Here's hoping you see this.
Thanks,
Patrick
I use Linux myself, and the Window does stay in the background if it's
already open. You could fix this by changing the onclick a bit:
script language=javascript type=text/javascript
function details_popup()
{
detailsWin = window.open('about: blank',
'details','width=300,height=200');
detailsWin.focus();
}
/script
a href=details.php?id=1 target=details
onclick=details_popup()More Details/a
I've not tested this, but it should allow your link to bring the window
to focus even if it is already open and in the background.
Ash
www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
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Re: [PHP] Re: Some kind of Popup
No, it's a generic solution, should be pretty much the same across
browsers. Why not download more browsers and test?
I would also add a window.focus() to the body tag in the popup to
bring the window back on top when the user reclocks the link
body onload='window.focus();'
Bastien
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On Feb 7, 2009, at 9:06, Patrick Moloney webpa...@gmail.com wrote:
Ashley Sheridan wrote:
On Sat, 2008-11-22 at 12:32 -0500, Patrick Moloney wrote:
Yeti wrote:
Another JavaScript method would be to load the content in a
hidden div
with position: absolute.
I think that's what I was considering doing with CSS except it
would be labels only in the content. I only wanted to retrieve the
data record from mysql if the user asked for the specs.
One issue is I don't want to leave the space available on my
regular web page and would like to try not to overwrite something
there - I'd rather have a separate window of some sort that sort
of floats over the web page.
The best way to have the popup work, even with popup blockers is to
have
a link like this:
a href=details.php?id=1 target=details
onclick=window.open('about:
blank', 'details','width=300,height=200');More Details/a
The onclick handler is called before the link is actioned, and it
opens
a new window with your settings, called 'details'. When that is
finished, the browser continues actioning the link, looks to find the
window/frame called 'details', finds one, and uses it. This way,
even if
a user has scripting turned off, the link still works and opens in
a new
window.
Ash
www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
Ashley,
Thanks, I finally worked on the popup you suggested. That is the
closest to what I am looking for. I'm sure there are some other
settings that could be useful. For example, the popup window gets
hidden behind the primary web page if the user goes back there, and
does not come back if he clicks again.
But, my bigger question is this: Is this solution specific to MS
Windows. What would happen if someone were viewing the website using
Apple or Linus etc?
Here's hoping you see this.
Thanks,
Patrick
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Re: [PHP] Re: Some kind of Popup
Phpster wrote: No, it's a generic solution, should be pretty much the same across browsers. Why not download more browsers and test? Thanks all, I thought this might get lost in history here. It's not just different browsers, it's different operating systems - Apple, Linux, more. I can't download those. Although I have thought about setting up one dedicated machine just to test Linux on such things. I thought the Window function(?) is probably part of MS Windows. Maybe it's also implemented in Linux, possibly others just to be compatible. I'll keep working on this with a little CSS and other options. Thanks -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Some kind of Popup
On Sat, 2009-02-07 at 09:43 -0500, Patrick Moloney wrote: Phpster wrote: No, it's a generic solution, should be pretty much the same across browsers. Why not download more browsers and test? Thanks all, I thought this might get lost in history here. It's not just different browsers, it's different operating systems - Apple, Linux, more. I can't download those. Although I have thought about setting up one dedicated machine just to test Linux on such things. I thought the Window function(?) is probably part of MS Windows. Maybe it's also implemented in Linux, possibly others just to be compatible. I'll keep working on this with a little CSS and other options. Thanks Window doesn't refer to MS Windows, it's just the generic object for the browser window, so anything that supports Javascript will support it! There are a lot of browser-specific additions to Javascript, but the code we've all shown here is all pretty generic. Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Some kind of Popup
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Re: [PHP] Re: Some kind of Popup
Yeti wrote: Another JavaScript method would be to load the content in a hidden div with position: absolute. I think that's what I was considering doing with CSS except it would be labels only in the content. I only wanted to retrieve the data record from mysql if the user asked for the specs. One issue is I don't want to leave the space available on my regular web page and would like to try not to overwrite something there - I'd rather have a separate window of some sort that sort of floats over the web page. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Some kind of Popup
On Sat, 2008-11-22 at 12:32 -0500, Patrick Moloney wrote:
Yeti wrote:
Another JavaScript method would be to load the content in a hidden div
with position: absolute.
I think that's what I was considering doing with CSS except it would be
labels only in the content. I only wanted to retrieve the data record
from mysql if the user asked for the specs.
One issue is I don't want to leave the space available on my regular web
page and would like to try not to overwrite something there - I'd rather
have a separate window of some sort that sort of floats over the web page.
The best way to have the popup work, even with popup blockers is to have
a link like this:
a href=details.php?id=1 target=details onclick=window.open('about:
blank', 'details','width=300,height=200');More Details/a
The onclick handler is called before the link is actioned, and it opens
a new window with your settings, called 'details'. When that is
finished, the browser continues actioning the link, looks to find the
window/frame called 'details', finds one, and uses it. This way, even if
a user has scripting turned off, the link still works and opens in a new
window.
Ash
www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
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Re: [PHP] Re: Some kind of Popup
One issue is I don't want to leave the space available on my regular web
page and would like to try not to overwrite something there - I'd rather
have a separate window of some sort that sort of floats over the web page.
Well, since Javascript does the Job anyways you don't have to load it
with the page when doing the div method.
You would only need this little addition to your css ..
style type=text/css
.div_win {
position: absolute;
width: 400px;
top: 100px;
left: 10%;
visibility: hidden;
}
/style
When user initializes the request by clicking a link
script type='text/javascript'
var div_window = document.createElement('div');
div_window.setAttribute('class', 'div_win');
div_window.className = 'div_win';
document.body.appendChild(div_window);
/script
Then you do some AJAX or JSON or whatever and apply it to the div.
You can also move the div around doing it somehow like this ...
http://www.quirksmode.org/js/dragdrop.html
Still, opening up a new window might be the simple solution after all lol.
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