Hide/Disable/Any other method to prevent user from typing in the address bar of the browser

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I'm building a Cordova app which opens an external link (https://www.example.com) in the system browser (Chrome or such). This page contains a frameset element that calls a javascript function on load to retrieve a document a display it it in one of the frames. What I require is somehow to hide/disable the address bar of the browser so that people aren't able to navigate away from the page. I tried the FullScreen API but apparently you can't navigate while in fullscreen mode and I have actions buttons in that document. Is there any way to implement this?

PS, Yes, I have tried inAppBrowser. I know it's the easiest solution but the page that opens has an authentication popup that appears on load. And this doesn't work while I use the inAppBrowser.

Thanks in advance. :)

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15594139/cordova-inappbrowser-how-to-disable-url-and-navigation-bar — tkay, Nov 25 '15 at 09:42
Like I mentioned, inAppBrowser isn't working. That's why I need to open it in the system browser. @tkay — Abhimanyu Mukherjee, Nov 25 '15 at 09:44

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 25 '15 at 13:03

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Have you looked into using an iframe, and changing the src of the iframe depending on which external link they need to use?

var iframe = document.getElementById('myIframe');
iframe.src ="https://www.example.com";

answered Nov 25 '15 at 13:03

JoshSommer

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Hide/Disable/Any other method to prevent user from typing in the address bar of the browser

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