New Browser Window using AJAX

Rails
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Is it possible to create a new browser window popup with an ajax
call? I want to open a new window and then trigger window.print()
like google docs and maps. I know you can create new browser popups
with link_to by using :popup => [‘new’, ‘height=300,width=300’], but I
don’t think you can use it with link_to_remote. Is there a way to
programmatically render some inline javascript? I tried:

window.open(‘test/popup’
‘mywin’,‘left=20,top=20,width=500,height=500,toolbar=1,resizable=0’);

But I was unable to load anything into the popup view.

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Hi David,

On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 17:03 -0800, David wrote:

Is it possible to create a new browser window popup with an ajax
call? I want to open a new window and then trigger window.print()
like google docs and maps.

If I understand what you’re trying to do, you should be able to use
link_to_remote to open a new window and populate it as you please with
RJS. If you’re new to RJS, grab Cody F.'s .pdf off O’Reilly.

HTH,
Bill

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On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 7:03 PM, David [email protected] wrote:

Is it possible to create a new browser window popup with an ajax
call?

Yup.

I want to open a new window and then trigger window.print()
like google docs and maps. I know you can create new browser popups
with link_to by using :popup => [‘new’, ‘height=300,width=300’], but I
don’t think you can use it with link_to_remote. Is there a way to
programmatically render some inline javascript? I tried:

window.open(‘test/popup’
‘mywin’,‘left=20,top=20,width=500,height=500,toolbar=1,resizable=0’);

But I was unable to load anything into the popup view.

html:

<%= link_to_remote ‘Popup’, :url => { :controller => :home, :action =>
:popup } %>

popup.rjs:

page << “window.open(‘/home/window’, ‘mywin’,
‘left=20,top=20,width=500,height=500,toolbar=1,resizable=0’ );”

–
Greg D.
http://destiney.com/

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Okay, thanks. Thats what I thought and I have been trying that, but
I’m wondering, will this trigger the window action of the home
controller? And do I just add a window view? Is it possible to
populate that view dynamically within the popup ajax action?

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Greg - this “works” but is flagged by popup blockers on IE and
Firefox. Any thoughts on methods around this?

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Greg - this “works” but is flagged by popup blockers on IE and
Firefox. Any thoughts on methods around this?

I don’t know if it helps, but I’ve noticed that browsers will let you
open a window via JS, as long as the JS was called as a result of a user
click. The exact same code will be blocked if it’s called by a timer, or
some other non-user source.

SH

Starr H.
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On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 6:08 AM, Dave L [email protected] wrote:

Okay, thanks. Thats what I thought and I have been trying that, but
I’m wondering, will this trigger the window action of the home
controller? And do I just add a window view? Is it possible to
populate that view dynamically within the popup ajax action?

It will call whatever you tell it to call in your window.open().

/home/whatever is the same as { :controller => :home, :action =>
:whatever } .

–
Greg D.
http://destiney.com/