Check for showModalDialog support

[johkar]

Just want a verification of logic. This seems to work for IE and
Firefox, but I wonder if it would be a problematic test in any of the
other latest browsers? Is the use of the "window" object correct? I
didn't think it would be document.showModalDialog.

if(window.showModalDialog){
//do something
}
else
{
//do something else
}

Thanks, John

[Randy Webb]

johkar said the following on 2/8/2006 8:47 AM:

Just want a verification of logic. This seems to work for IE and
Firefox, but I wonder if it would be a problematic test in any of the
other latest browsers? Is the use of the "window" object correct?
What does the documentation say?
I didn't think it would be document.showModalDialog.

It won't.

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[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

johkar wrote:

Just want a verification of logic. This seems to work for IE and
Firefox, but I wonder if it would be a problematic test in any of the
other latest browsers?
You only test for the existence and true-value of the property, not if it is
a method. That /is/ problematic, for another DOM could pose as IE DOM and
a call on this property could result in a TypeError.
Is the use of the "window" object correct?
It is, RTFM. showModalDialog is a method of Window objects in the IE DOM.

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I didn't think it would be document.showModalDialog.
It is not.
if(window.showModalDialog){
//do something
}
else
{
//do something else
}

function isMethodType(s)
{
return (s == "function" || s == "object");
}

if (typeof window != "undefined"
&& isMethodType(typeof window.showModalDialog))
{
// do something _with showModalDialog_
}
else
{
// do something else
}
PointedEars

[johkar]

Thanks for the info.