Comments on: showModalDialog in Firefox and frames

By: Roman

Roman — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:34:35 +0000

Hi Guys, I can recommend you a workable cross browser showModalDialog jQuery function created by me:
Here on http://extremedev.blogspot.com

By: Dmitri Farkov

Dmitri Farkov — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:37:09 +0000

What you guys are searching for is a Lightbox. A Lightbox – a JavaScript-powered modal dialog. Looks pretty, compatible with tons of browsers. Just search on Google.

By: noe

noe — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:56:35 +0000

thanks dg, your script work fine . you are the man. cool 😀

By: Al

Al — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:17:53 +0000

you need to enable a part of your FF about:config file for that code to work

By: FBM

FBM — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:23:00 +0000

Hi Dg your code doesn’t work

By: Mano

Mano — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:04:40 +0000

Hi All,
In my project i want a window behave like a modal window with out using modal=yes in firefox.
is it possible?

David says:
Yes with a JavaScript workaround as described above (forced focus).

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By: Dave P Nottingham

Dave P Nottingham — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:44:56 +0000

If there is an alternative to ShowModalDialog for bringing multiple amounts of data back from the child to parent window I’d love to hear about it! Window.open works fine for just one selected item but not multiples.

By: dg

dg — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:45:11 +0000

hi …. checked this code ….. works fines
save the below code in a html file and check it
[html]
[head]
[style]
[/style]
[script]
function Open_Window() {
netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege(‘UniversalBrowserWrite’);
var params = ‘a|b|c’;
window.open(‘test.htm?params=’+ params +”, ‘test’, ‘chrome,centerscreen,dependent=YES, dialog=YES,modal=YES,resizable=NO,scrollbars=NO, location=0,status=0,menubar=0,toolbar=0’);
}
[/script]
[/head]
[body]
[input type=”button” value=”Load XUL Test Window” onclick=”Open_Window()”]
[/body]
[/html]
replace square brackets with html tag

David says:
Thanks for that dg, this version really works and is the first time I see a modal window in FireFox (Mozilla).
I do get the security warning due to using UniversalBrowserWrite. This could be an issue on some of our sites.

By: Bhavana

Bhavana — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:50:02 +0000

I am facing a similar problem. I want to display a modal dialog. I used the showModalDialog function. This works in IE but doesn’t work in Mozilla.
Please help.

David says:
All the help is above.
You can use a GreaseMonkey script to make the site compatible with FireFox or…
To provide similar functionality in FireFox (Mozilla) we have found a JavaScript work around to be the best solution: force focus on the modal window or…
A few users report success with the modal=YES parameter in combination with PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege(‘UniversalBrowserWrite’). I have not been able to confirm this however.