Comments on: A cross-browser JavaScript prompt

By: Roman

Roman — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:45:35 +0000

Hi,

I have created a jQuery function: showModalDialog which works on all major browsers: IE, Chrome, Safari and Firefox.

You can see the entire article on my blog: http://extremedev.blogspot.com/2011/03/windowshowmodaldialog-cross-browser-new.html

I hope this will help people to solve cross browser issues

By: philip

philip — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:20:19 +0000

@adrian Thanks for the tip. I’m not surprised to hear it’s misbehaving in newer browsers… after all, it’s been three years since I wrote this post, and a ton has happened in the browser world in that time (major updates were introduced with Safari 4, Firefox 3.6, Opera 10.5, and IE 8/9, and as you mention now we have the new kid on the block, Google Chrome). I’ll try to test/update the script if I can find some time.

were you using Chrome proper, or Chrome Frame for IE?

By: Adrian

Adrian — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:37:19 +0000

With Chrome v5.0.375.99 your script does not seem to work. Whether you click OK or CANCEL, formSubmit() is called immediately after the formCancel() call (and yes return false; is in the form handler.

Further, window.showModalDialog is true on Chrome.

By: Mike Spathaky

Mike Spathaky — Mon, 03 May 2010 09:23:37 +0000

Many thanks for your “prompt” reply. Works a treat!

Mike in England

By: philip

philip — Mon, 03 May 2010 07:31:32 +0000

@mike the trick is to add a .focus() call in the prompt HTML file. I've updated my example to include .focus(). haven't tested it in all browsers, but it works fine in IE6 and FF 3.6.