[Seaside] Albatross: clicking on Javascript alert boxesprogrammatically

[Matthias Berth]

Thanks a lot Boris and Lukas! I was suspecting that clicking OK
programmatically  is a big security hole. So redefining alert() is the
way to go here :-) .


Cheers

Matthias


On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 4:50 PM, Lukas Renggli <renggli at gmail.com> wrote:
>> No, and it is by design as it would be a huge security hole for browsers if
>> you could script OS mouse movement to confirm installation of malicious
>> components.
>
> What you can do is to redefine the about() function though, by doing
> something like that:
>
>    function about (msg) { console.log(msg); }
>
> Now there is no about-box popping up anymore, but you get a log entry
> in the console (in Safari and FireFox).
>
> Cheers,
> Lukas
>
>
>>
>>  Cheers!
>>
>>  -Boris (via BlackBerry)
>>
>>
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>>  Subject: [Seaside] Albatross: clicking on Javascript alert
>> boxesprogrammatically
>>
>>  Hello,
>>
>>
>>  I wonder if it is possible at all to use Albatross (or Javascript for
>>  that matter) to click the OK button on an alert box. I guess not, but
>>  I'm no javascript expert.
>>
>>  Thanks in advance
>>
>>  Matthias
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