window.openDialog does not work

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The app I am working on used windows.showModalDialog which depreciated, so I replaced it with window,.open which workd fine but with one issue - it is not modal. I have found that one can use window.open Dialog instead but replacing window.open with window.openDialog broke my links.

I had

ret = window.open(target, "", "scrollbars=no,location=no,statusbar=no,menubar=no,resizable=no,width=500,height=300");

which worked, so I tried:

ret = window.openDialog(target, "", "scrollbars=no,location=no,statusbar=no,menubar=no,resizable=no,width=500,height=300");

which did not. Can someone help me fix it so it works?

`window.openDialog` was never standardized, and isn't supported anywhere — adeneo, Feb 03 '16 at 17:34
See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29935216/window-showmodaldialog-replacement — Nikki9696, Feb 03 '16 at 17:38
@Niki9696, one of the questions in the link was never answered, and pollifil seems like an overkill. — Coding Duchess, Feb 03 '16 at 17:42
Sure there are options, `openDialog` only lets you pass data to the new window, but that can be done easily with any window, so you don't need it. — adeneo, Feb 03 '16 at 17:44
@Shadow Wizard, does this dialog allows interaction with the parent page? — Coding Duchess, Feb 03 '16 at 18:50
@ElenaDBA not fully like the actual .showModalDialog but this should be good enough, see example [here](https://jqueryui.com/dialog/#modal-form). — Shadow The GPT Wizard, Feb 03 '16 at 18:55
Shandow Wizard, I've decided to go with your suggestion. Could you post it as an answer so I could accept it? — Coding Duchess, Feb 09 '16 at 22:23

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 03 '16 at 18:02

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When you pass the parameter in the Window.openDialog, the extra parameter should come after WindowFeatures parameter like Window.openDialog("any url", "name", "", "feature", arg1,arg2);

answered Feb 03 '16 at 18:02

jesusverma

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yes, I got that from reading the documentation. Those parameters are optional and I am not passing any – Coding Duchess Feb 03 '16 at 18:43

window.openDialog does not work

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