We have been using ShowModalDialog in our enterprise application. We have found the behaviour ideal for functionality and natural.
But the issue is it locks up the browser tabs. Is there any way we can make the modal live only within the parent tab that opened it ?
We really love the synchrounos behavior of this API and does not want to loose this. ShowModelessDialog does just what is required interms of locking but it is not synchronos.
For example, in the following code snippet,
//current code
function fx(param)
{
...
var retValueXML=showModalDialog("page.asp");
alert(retValueXML);
...
}
// Modified code
function fx(param)
{
...
var retValueXML=showModlessDialog("page.asp");
alert(retValueXML);
...
}
In the above code, the modelessdialogreturned value retValueXML is always null.
The code does not synchrounously stop there as in the case of showModalDialog.
Is there any way we can achieve this functionality without locking up the tabs ?
Is the HTML 5 spec preserve this synchrounous nature ?
Are there any plans to support this unlocking behaviour in IE 11 or future versions ?
Thanks and Regards
Dr.R.Giridharan
DrRGD
SQLD