Popup windows question...

[Kevin Lam]

Hi all,

I am writing an application which requires using a popup windows to
edit the detail of a record.

The popup windows is created by it's parent which shows the detail of
the record, which also has a button to delete the record.

My question is that, how do I make the popup to stay on top of the
parent all the time (to make sure, the record is not deleted when I am
trying to edit it via the popup...)

I have tried using a loop to keep the popup stay on focus... but since
my popup has a drop down selection box, the loop doesn't allow me to
have enough time to choose the option before the popup request a focus
again...

Can anyone help please

Thx

[kaeli]

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Hi all,

I am writing an application which requires using a popup windows to
edit the detail of a record.

The popup windows is created by it's parent which shows the detail of
the record, which also has a button to delete the record.

My question is that, how do I make the popup to stay on top of the
parent all the time (to make sure, the record is not deleted when I am
trying to edit it via the popup...)
Are you sure this solves the problem?
B/c it doesn't sound right to me.
Double-check your logic here before moving on.

(are you sure it can't be deleted by another user while the current one is
editing it?? do you lock it? why not just fail gracefully if the record isn't
there?)

I have tried using a loop to keep the popup stay on focus... but since
my popup has a drop down selection box, the loop doesn't allow me to
have enough time to choose the option before the popup request a focus
again...

Can anyone help please

For MSIE only, use modal dialog.
If you need it to work in other browsers, I'd recommend not using popups at
all for this, as trying to make a modal dialog work cross-browser can be a
PITA. Use a floating div that gets the content from the server instead.

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[RobB]

Kevin Lam wrote:

Hi all,

I am writing an application which requires using a popup windows to
edit the detail of a record.

The popup windows is created by it's parent which shows the detail of
the record, which also has a button to delete the record.

My question is that, how do I make the popup to stay on top of the
parent all the time (to make sure, the record is not deleted when I am trying to edit it via the popup...)

I have tried using a loop to keep the popup stay on focus... but since my popup has a drop down selection box, the loop doesn't allow me to
have enough time to choose the option before the popup request a focus again...

Can anyone help please

Thx

<script type="text/javascript">

var ftimer = null;
var OK2focus = true;

self.onblur = function()
{
ftimer = setTimeout('if(OK2focus)self.focus()', 100);
}

</script>
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<select onfocus="OK2focus=false;" onblur="OK2focus=true;self.onblur()">

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