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AlanObject
AlanObject

Reputation: 9973

How to position a p:dialog outside of the browser or iframe window

In my application, I render one or more iframe elements in the main page, each of which displays the summary of a data record. What I want to do is to allow the user to click somewhere in that display and pop up a p:dialog box that displays more data and input controls.

The problem is that the dialog only shows in the confines of the iframe. Is there a way to allow it to plot outside the border of the iframe rectangle or the browser window?

If not, is there some other JSF component that can do this?

I already posted this question on the primefaces forum, but I think they are too busy to respond.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1185

Answers (1)

x0n
x0n

Reputation: 52450

No, this is not possible. All modern browsers prevent any visual elements from leaving the confines of the browser's rendering area. This is to prevent a web page spoofing bona-fide operating system windows, among other things. An iframe is also considered a separate "browser" for the purposes of this limitation.

Additionally, this is a pure html/css/browser limitation. The tools (jsf/asp.net/php/etc) used do not come into it.

Some more info (from IE6/sp2+):

About Window Restrictions

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537638(v=vs.85).aspx

These constraints are equally applicable to all modern browsers (not that IE6 is modern, but that's kind of my point.)

Upvotes: 3

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