question about window.showMode lessDialog()

[datactrl]

Hi, all

When I use window.showMode lessDialog() to open a window. And then on the
opened window to open an another window with the same function,
window.showMode lessDialog(). The last opened one is always on the top of the
first opened one. Is there any "work around" to have the first opened one go
to the front? Thanks in advance!

Jack

[Grant Wagner]

datactrl wrote:

Hi, all

When I use window.showMode lessDialog() to open a window. And then on the
opened window to open an another window with the same function,
window.showMode lessDialog(). The last opened one is always on the top of the
first opened one. Is there any "work around" to have the first opened one go
to the front? Thanks in advance!

Jack

window.showMode lessDialog() returns a window object reference that appears to
respond to the standard window object interface, for example:

var w1 = window.showMode lessDialog('htt p://www.microsoft.c om');
var w2 = window.showMode lessDialog('htt p://www.yahoo.com') ;
w1.focus();

appears to work correctly. So perhaps after you open the 2nd modeless dialog,
call window.focus() on the initial modeless dialog to pull focus back to it.
Untested.

--
Grant Wagner <gw*****@agrico reunited.com>
comp.lang.javas cript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq

[datactrl]

Thanks, Grant

The case is there are 3 windows. window 1 uses window.showMode lessDialog()
to open window 2 and window 2 uses window.showMode lessDialog() to open
window 3. The window 3 will be on focus after all. Then when I click window
2, window 2 is on focus, but it is always behind window 3. It can't go on
top of window 2 even when it is on focus.

Jack

window.showMode lessDialog() returns a window object reference that appears to respond to the standard window object interface, for example:

var w1 = window.showMode lessDialog('htt p://www.microsoft.c om');
var w2 = window.showMode lessDialog('htt p://www.yahoo.com') ;
w1.focus();

appears to work correctly. So perhaps after you open the 2nd modeless dialog, call window.focus() on the initial modeless dialog to pull focus back to it. Untested.

--
Grant Wagner <gw*****@agrico reunited.com>
comp.lang.javas cript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq

[Fred Oz]

datactrl wrote:

Thanks, Grant

The case is there are 3 windows. window 1 uses window.showMode lessDialog()
to open window 2 and window 2 uses window.showMode lessDialog() to open
window 3. The window 3 will be on focus after all. Then when I click window
2, window 2 is on focus, but it is always behind window 3. It can't go on
top of window 2 even when it is on focus.

[snip]

showModalDialog was introduced with IE 4, showModelessDia log with IE 5.
AFAIK, no other browser supports them - so for those users, the above
is not an issue since nothing will happen when you try to execute the
function.

Please consider using some other method to achieve what you are after,
or at least use feature detection and warn users of non-IE UAs.

Cheers, Fred.