Ian Hickson schrieb:
On Thu, 18 Dec 2008, Philipp Serafin wrote:
I think it would be a good idea to spec this algorithm as well then.
The algorithm I described is basically CSS' "shrink wrap" algorithm. But
we can't really require it, as it assumes that the OS has windows. My
desktop, for example, doesn't have resizable windows, it only has tabs (I
use the 'ion' window manager).
Well, you could still phrase it something along the lines of "The size
of a popup document's viewport SHOULD be calculated using the CSS shrink
wrap algorithm... etc etc".
All I really just want is to make sure browsers don't use today's
implentations. If you open a popup/modal dialog today and don't specify
a size, you usually end up with an arbitrary default size or even a
full-fledged second browser window the size of your screen - both pretty
ill-fitted for the use-cases of showModalDialog() IMO.
Example:
data:text/html,<button
onclick="window.showModalDialog('data:text/html,<div style=\'width:1000;
height:100; border: 1px solid black;\'>Awkward-sized dialog
box</div>');">Click me!</button>
You still might want to keep the parameter for back compat though and
just mark it as "deprecated". (Your algorithm would deform existing
popup windows that assume their lengthy descriptions get line-wrapped
automatically.)
We'll probably define it in the "obsolete APIs" section in due course.
cool!
Regards,
Philipp Serafin
