Re: [PHP] How to pull window to the foreground - Window Focus

2009-07-27 Thread WebPat
Richard Heyes wrote: Hi, A lot of sites are moving to simulated dialog windows inside the page. There's an updated version of my ModalDialog included in RGraph which does just this: http://www.rgraph.net/docs/external.html It covers the page in a semi transparent DIV to bring attention to i

Re: [PHP] How to pull window to the foreground - Window Focus

2009-07-27 Thread Richard Heyes
Hi, > A lot of sites are moving to simulated dialog windows inside the page. There's an updated version of my ModalDialog included in RGraph which does just this: http://www.rgraph.net/docs/external.html It covers the page in a semi transparent DIV to bring attention to itself (the modal part).

Re: [PHP] How to pull window to the foreground - Window Focus

2009-07-27 Thread WebPat
Bastien Koert wrote: On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 11:39 AM, WebPat wrote: Andrew Ballard wrote: A lot of sites are moving to simulated dialog windows inside the page. They have a few nice benefits: 1) Since they aren't real windows, they do not interfere with other tabs or windows you have open in

Re: [PHP] How to pull window to the foreground - Window Focus

2009-07-27 Thread Andrew Ballard
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Bastien Koert wrote: > Back to the DIVs option, you can write js controls that make the > window dragable, hidable etc to improve the users enjoyment of the > page > > -- > > Bastien > Some implementations are definitely better than others. Like any other software

Re: [PHP] How to pull window to the foreground - Window Focus

2009-07-27 Thread Bastien Koert
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 11:39 AM, WebPat wrote: > Andrew Ballard wrote: >> >> A lot of sites are moving to simulated dialog windows inside the page. >> They have a few nice benefits: >> >> 1) Since they aren't real windows, they do not interfere with other >> tabs or windows you have open in your b

Re: [PHP] How to pull window to the foreground - Window Focus

2009-07-27 Thread WebPat
Andrew Ballard wrote: A lot of sites are moving to simulated dialog windows inside the page. They have a few nice benefits: 1) Since they aren't real windows, they do not interfere with other tabs or windows you have open in your browser. 2) Since they are actually part of the page itself, the

Re: [PHP] How to pull window to the foreground - Window Focus

2009-07-27 Thread Andrew Ballard
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 10:26 AM, WebPat wrote: > Bastien Koert wrote: >> >> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 8:31 AM, WebPat wrote: >>> >>> I have a web page with a button that displays additional information for >>> the >>> user. It does a Window.Open to create a "popup" window, then populates >>> it. >>>

Re: [PHP] How to pull window to the foreground - Window Focus

2009-07-27 Thread WebPat
Bastien Koert wrote: On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 8:31 AM, WebPat wrote: I have a web page with a button that displays additional information for the user. It does a Window.Open to create a "popup" window, then populates it. If the user goes back to the web page without closing the window, it often

Re: [PHP] How to pull window to the foreground - Window Focus

2009-07-27 Thread Bastien Koert
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 8:31 AM, WebPat wrote: > I have a web page with a button that displays additional information for the > user. It does a Window.Open to create a "popup" window, then populates it. > > If the user goes back to the web page without closing the window, it often > goes behind the

[PHP] How to pull window to the foreground - Window Focus

2009-07-27 Thread WebPat
I have a web page with a button that displays additional information for the user. It does a Window.Open to create a "popup" window, then populates it. If the user goes back to the web page without closing the window, it often goes behind the browser and is not visible (which is not the probl