A univsersal createPopup() replacement?

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A univsersal createPopup() replacement?

Currently createPopup() is only supported in IE (See http://help.dottoro.com/ljsxcrhv.php).

Is there a univsersal createPopup() replacement? Or is conditional code required based on browser detection?

Hopefully, I am looking for something that 1. not only provides the same functionality, but 2. has the same interface or at least could provide the ingredients to create 'createPopup()' clone without too much work.

You may want to look at some of the JavaScript libraries out there. Things like Dojo, Yahoo UI, or JQuery can help to encapsulate most of the browser-specific headaches. For example, with Dojo, take a look at http://api.dojotoolkit.org/jsdoc/1.2/dijit.Dialog. This would get you similar functionality to createPopup().

Dante617 2010-09-27 20:51:20

Whats up with window.open()?

http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/met_win_open.asp

Lemmi 2010-09-27 20:56:14

window.open() is way more obtrusive than createPopup().

Humberto 2010-09-27 21:08:52

Obstrusive? What do you mean with that?

Lemmi 2010-09-28 13:13:16

The popup object doesn't have a window frame, doesn't steal the focus away from the current page, and closes by itself once the user stops interacting with it.

Humberto 2010-09-28 14:50:45

Yes, you're right. To argue this way means to better use the features of a JavaScript framework Dante617 describes.

Lemmi 2010-09-28 20:15:49

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