Re: link in ModalDialog

first of all thanks for response. and second, some clarification. i have a main window (with a txtarea - html-editor), from this page I want to open a little page (upload_img.php) to handle the uploadimg2-onserver and return path2img-onserver (where was uploaded) on close. showModalDialog in js open a page in modal mode (on top). this type of window can return a value (the parent is waiting until child is closed), but, as I telling you, any link/redirect in modal window opens a new one instead of opening in the same window. due to this I can't use POST in upload_img.php. the solution was in using a non-modal window for upload_img.php, and returning result with js opener reference (opener.document.forms[0].htmled.value+= "<img src='img/xyz.gif'>";) regards, On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 13:38:27 -0500, Gryffyn, Trevor <tgryffyn@air-cargo-inc.com> wrote: > I didn't see an answer to this, so thought I'd drop you a note. > > I've never used the "showModalDialog" function in JS.. Is it something > built into JS or is it some other function that does a window.open or > something like that? > > Anyway, a "modal" dialog box in regular programming terms is a window > that'll open in addition to the regular application window and not allow > you to interact with the parent window until the modal dialog is closed. > > Try opening a "File.." dialog box in any Windows application and you get > an idea of what I'm talking about. You can't do anything with that app > until you close that "File..." dialog box. > > Now, I'm not quite sure what you're asking here but it sounds like your > process is happening like this: > > 1. You have a main window with whatever HTML or PHP script or whatever > in it. In this window, you have an "upload" button or something. > > 2. You click on the "upload" button or link (or maybe this happens > onLoad or something) and a new window opens with upload_img.php in it. > This handles the file selection and/or the whole upload itself, pasting > some kind of data either in this window or in the parent window (not > quite clear on that). > > 3. You're trying to go to another link fro mthe upload_img.php modal > window and it's opening yet another (third) window. > > Couple of things to think about: > > 1. Do you want the upload_img.php in the main window or in a little side > popup window? > > 2. Do you want the popup window to close and return to the main window > when it's done the upload? > > 3. Do you want the popup window to stay while you do other stuff? > > 4. Do you want links clicked on in the popup window to display within > the popup or in the main window? > > In Javascript as well as in normal HTML, there's the concept of the > "parent" window. In HTML, you can do: > > <a href="somelink.html" target="_new">Some link</a> > > Then from the new page that's opened, do: > > <a href="someotherlink.html" target="_parent">Link to open in parent > window</a> > > Something like that (my syntax may be a little off.. I don't use parent > a lot). > > There are similar functions in Javascript. You can also name windows > and use them as the target: > > <a href="somelink.html" target="popup-window">Some link to show in > popup</a> > > <a href="somelink.html" target="main-window">Some link to show in > main > window</a> > > The first one, target "popup-window" will open a new window if one named > "popup-window" doesn't exist. The second one will also open a new > window if you havn't used Javascript to name the current window or used > a target = "main-window" already. But then as long as that window stays > open, any targets pointing to "main-window" will go there. > > In the past, when I've used popups with javascript, it's happened like > this: > > 1. Main window has a link that creates popup using JS and window.open or > whatever it is... Usually without scroll bars, with a specific window > size, etc. > > 2. The popup window does some kind of thing and once it's done, has a > "close window" option. The close window option runs another JS that > refreshes the "parent" window to reflect the changes made in the popup > window. This is usually done by sending it parameters in the URL (and > retrieved via a $_GET variable) or with a general refresh with no > parameters and it gets the query parameters from session variables. > > The variables are usually something like what page in a long listing > you're on.... Or whate query you did to get the information displayed. > Like I did an online catalog for a very large country store. You might > do a query for "show me all jellies, jams and preserves", then with 20 > listed per page, on the 5th page, you edit the price of one of them. Or > the inventory quantity or the description or something. Once you're > done doing that in the popup, it says "Done! Click to close window", > then either via the URL or via session variables, tells the parent > window to display Jellies/Jams/Preserves, 20 items per page, 5th page. > If you do a delete and there might not be 5 pages anymore, you might > want to do "If requesting page 5.. And only 4 pages are found.. Make it > page 4 instead" or just go back to page 1. Otherwise, you might get a > blank listing, or have something give a nasty error message. > > Sorry, I don't really have time to look up the specifics of the > javascript stuff, but I hope I've given you an idea of how to do this. > I'd check places like http://www.webmonkey.com for some > great JS > tutorials (amusing too). But sounds like you just have a targeting > issue. > > Good luck! > > -TG > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: vlad georgescu [mailto:startx@gmail.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 7:13 AM > > To: php-general > > Subject: [PHP] link in ModalDialog > > > > > > i'm working at some kind of HTLM editor for a web-page, > > > > and have in page, some js code which showModalDialog('upload_img.php') > > and read the window return values and paste-it in page (text area). > > the upload_img.php uploads img and returns the value to pe paste in > > page (remote location of uploaded file). > > > > the problem is any link, redirect I do in ModalDialog, a new > > page is open ... > > > > any ideea .. how to resolve this .. ? > > > > PS: question is a little bit offtopic, but pls help > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > >