Re: [libreoffice-website] Silverstripe UI question - Annoying persistent popup

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 11:25 PM, Christian Lohmaier
<lohmaier+ooofuture@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi Michael, *,
>
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 12:43 AM, Michael Wheatland
> <michael@wheatland.com.au> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Christian Lohmaier
> > <lohmaier+ooofuture@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > i.e. anyone got code for a modeless prompt at hand, using jquery maybe?
> > >
> > >  var message = prompt("promptText", "");
> > >
> > > → javascript prompt dialog that is modal, i.e. blocks interaction with
> > > the parent window (the browser) unless the dialog is dismissed
> >
> > Are you custom coding the popup?
>
> ??? No - the prompt is a simple javascript function. Just paste
> <script type="text/javascript">
>  prompt("prompttext", "defaultvalue");
> </script>
>
> into the HTML-box at http://jsfiddle.net and compare - the dialog you
> get is modal
>
> > I don't think that we should be altering the CMS core code.
>
> Well - it is not the core, just the function that reads the dialog,
> but I wonder how you would change an unwanted behaviour without
> changing the code that is causing it.
>
> > Isn't
> > there any options for this behaviour in Silverstripe?
>
> An option to tell the browser to reinterpret the javascript functions?
> No, how should that work?
>
> Again: The function uses the simple javascript "prompt" command to get
> the dialog. This javascript function (part of "vanilla" javascript) is
> a modal dialog.
>
> I don't know what kind of configuration you think that would magically
> change this...
>
> ciao
> Christian

Rimas is correct, I was referring to Silverstripe's behaviour.

It might just be that I am used to using systems which have vast
libraries of options for UI and functionality.
One very good example: http://drupal.org/documentation/modules/overlay
Which allows multiple UI elements to 'popup' without interrupting your
browsing experience.

If this is a non-pluggable part of the Silverstripe UI, I don't expect
you to do anything about it. I just think it is poorly implemented UI
and was looking for other options to improve our experience.

Michael Wheatland

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