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Brent Nesbitt
Brent Nesbitt

Reputation:

How do I close a popup window, and open the next page in the main window in ROR?

I have a popup window containing a form which gathers data for a report. When I click submit in that window, I want it to close the popup, and open the report in the original window that called the popup.

I think I can open the report in the correct window by using

{ :target => <name of window> }

in the form_tag, but I don't know how to determine or set the name of the originating window.

I also don't know how to close the popup window.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2526

Answers (4)

Steropes
Steropes

Reputation: 4639

:target => adds the html attribute target to the link. This opens up a new window and names the new window the target.

You have to use javascript or Ajax to redirect the old page,

window.opener.location.href="http://new_url";

and then close the old window.

window.close();

This can be done either through the rjs file or directly in the javascript.

Upvotes: 2

Craig
Craig

Reputation: 1386

How is this for starters?

# The submit button in your child window's view:
<%= button_to_function 'Save', "$('my_form').submit(); window.opener.location.reload(); window.close();" %>

Upvotes: 0

praveenjayapal
praveenjayapal

Reputation: 38529

Try this:

function fclosepopup(){
window.opener.location.replace="URL";
window.close();
}

It will close the current window and bring you to the next page in the parent window.

Upvotes: 0

Brent
Brent

Reputation: 16849

The popup window can be closed using the onClick html event as follows:

<%= submit_tag "Go!", {:onClick => "window.close()"} %>

Upvotes: 0

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