Can't nest popups...WTF?

[The Natural Philosopher]

I am trying to get a fairly complex database form set up..at various
stages I need to open popups to edit subsections, then close them..

Now this all works fine from the main screen, I can open a popup using
window.open() and it spawns in a new browser or tab, do my stuff, and
exit to the main screen..

However if I try to open another popup in the child popup, and return to
THAT with a window close in the grandchild, firstly it never opens in a
new window, but in the child window, and secondly it closes itself and
returns not to the child window but to the parent window.

I have googled till I am blue in the face but no joy..no one seems to
have a snap solution for this one.

I suspect I need to use the window object that window.open returns,,but
have no idea how..?

[Erwin Moller]

The Natural Philosopher wrote:

I am trying to get a fairly complex database form set up..at various
stages I need to open popups to edit subsections, then close them..

Now this all works fine from the main screen, I can open a popup using
window.open() and it spawns in a new browser or tab, do my stuff, and
exit to the main screen..

However if I try to open another popup in the child popup, and return to
THAT with a window close in the grandchild, firstly it never opens in a
new window, but in the child window, and secondly it closes itself and
returns not to the child window but to the parent window.

I have googled till I am blue in the face but no joy..no one seems to
have a snap solution for this one.

I suspect I need to use the window object that window.open returns,,but
have no idea how..?

Hi,

I suspect you use the same windowname twice in different popups, that error
would be consistent with your described problem.
If that is the case the solution is simple: Make sure every window has an
unique name.
If that is not the case, please describe in more detail what the problem is.

Regards,
Erwin Moller

[The Natural Philosopher]

Erwin Moller wrote:

The Natural Philosopher wrote:

>I am trying to get a fairly complex database form set up..at various
stages I need to open popups to edit subsections, then close them..

Now this all works fine from the main screen, I can open a popup using
window.open() and it spawns in a new browser or tab, do my stuff, and
exit to the main screen..

However if I try to open another popup in the child popup, and return to
THAT with a window close in the grandchild, firstly it never opens in a
new window, but in the child window, and secondly it closes itself and
returns not to the child window but to the parent window.

I have googled till I am blue in the face but no joy..no one seems to
have a snap solution for this one.

I suspect I need to use the window object that window.open returns,,but
have no idea how..?

Hi,

I suspect you use the same windowname twice in different popups, that error
would be consistent with your described problem.
If that is the case the solution is simple: Make sure every window has an
unique name.
If that is not the case, please describe in more detail what the problem is.

Erwin, you got it in one.

I discovered it ultimately trying to open in a frame..of course it
wouldn't till I changed the name to the frame name and then the penny
dropped.

Thank you for your kind assistance.

Now I have just about got that bit working.
Trying to (re-)learn some very rusty SQL, PHP, javascript and HTML all
at once gets exhausting..does this one use single or double quotes..do I
need dollar signs..blah blah. Thank god my =wife has just pased me a
gin-and-tonic. That's it for today..

Regards,
Erwin Moller