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How do I trigger the popup dialog box automatically from iWebkit?

Answer 1

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Have you tried the onload event?

Justin Johnson 2010-01-03 09:21:16

I did try the onload event - I tried adding it in the body tag, header tag too. Didn't work.

Simon 2010-01-03 11:36:39

Answer 2

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Have you tried the Javascript alert? On iPhone, it is shown with a nice native UI style.

Jaanus 2010-01-03 09:23:44

I did try the javascript alert - doesn't look sexy with the http://address at the top of that dialog box. Is there a way to remove it?

Simon 2010-01-03 11:35:47

Answer 3

+1 A:

Well, first the library (iWebkit) you are using is doing a "bad thing" by taking the entire onload event to itself instead of using the proper addEventListener function to attach itself to the onload function.

onload is the proper place to put it, but here is how you will need to call the popup on page load (add this after the script src='/js/functions.js' line)

<script type="text/javascript">
  window.addEventListener('load', function(){
     iWebkit.popup('foodpopup'); // Adjust this line to have the correct popup id
  }, false);
</script>

If that doesn't work, it might be because both your function and their onload stuff is running at the same time. You can then try this:

<script type="text/javascript">
  window.addEventListener('load', function(){
     window.setTimeout(function(){
        iWebkit.popup('foodpopup'); // Adjust this line to have the correct popup id
     }, 300); // This is in milliseconds. Keep the number as low as possible so it still works
  }, false);
</script>

Doug Neiner 2010-01-03 16:37:17

Hi Doug. I tried your suggestions, it didn't work. I even tried increasing the timeout to 5000 - nope either. :(

Simon 2010-01-03 23:48:22

@Simon, sorry! I needed to be `window.addEventListener` not `document...`. I downloaded the latest copy of iWebkit and tested my first block of code (timeout not needed) and it worked once I changed it to `window`.

Doug Neiner 2010-01-04 04:30:00

Answer 4

A:

try this::

<script type="text/javascript"> 
window.onload = function() {
            document.addEventListener('load', function(){  
    window.setTimeout(function(){  
    iWebkit.popup('popup1'); // Adjust this line to have the correct popup id  
    }, 100); // This is in milliseconds. Keep the number as low as possible so it still works  
    }, false);      
            }
</script>

jjj 2010-01-04 06:44:51

Answer 5

A:

Hi Simon - is this the same question from the iWebkit forum? if not, check out http://community.iwebkit.net/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=503 :)

crmunro 2010-01-08 17:20:27

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