On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Ben Rimmington <[email protected]> wrote: > <http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/timers.html#simple-dialogs> > > An optional callback parameter could be added to the simple dialogs API: > >> result = window.alert(message, [callback]); >> >> result = window.confirm(message, [callback]); >> >> result = window.prompt(message, [default], [callback]); > > If the callback argument is recognised as a function value: > > * the result is the supplied callback; > > * the callee returns without waiting for user input; > > * the callback is invoked after the dialog is dismissed. > > Otherwise [see current spec]: > > * the callee simply ignores the callback argument; > > * the script is paused until the dialog is dismissed; > > * the result is undefined, boolean, string or null. > > For user agents that don't support the updated API: > >> function promptWrapper(message, default, callback) { >> var result = window.prompt(message, default, callback); >> if (callback && (typeof callback === "function")) { >> if (result !== callback) { >> callback(result); >> } >> return callback; >> } >> return result; >> }
Of course, that would be a synchronous callback rather than an async one... Adam > I'm not sure if navigator.yieldForStorageUpdates() is needed in the > non-blocking mode. > >
