[Seaside] How to create a new browser window

[Philippe Marschall]

2007/10/4, Richard K Eng <richard.eng at rogers.com>:
> I am aware of popupAnchor but that's not exactly what I want to do. From
> within WATableReport, I don't have a html object and, at any rate, I don't
> want the user to have to click on an additional button or anchor. Clicking
> on the clickBlock of WATableReport should be enough to throw up a new
> browser window immediately.

Ce n'est pas si façile que ça.
The easiest way to go is probably to subclass WAReportColumn and
WATableReport. In your TableReport class override
#renderColumn:row:on: check if you're your special column class and if
yes do a #popupAnchor.

> So no one has a suggestion or workaround? Is it really that difficult to do
> what I want? Seems to me, what I want to do must be a fairly common idiom...

No, popus tend to be used by users of other frameworks who do not have
#call: or replaceable components and tend to annoy users. That's one
of the reasons why target="_blank" was removed from HTML

Cheers
Philippe

> Regards,
> Richard
>
> 2007/10/4, Richard K Eng <richard.eng at rogers.com>:
> > I was wondering: how can I create a new browser window from within a
> > Seaside
> > app?
> >
> > Right now, I have this method,
> >
> > view: item
> >         WARenderLoop new call: (GSViewer new path: item path; yourself)
> >
> > that brings up a new webpage, but I'd like to open it up in a new browser
> > window instead. (FYI, #view: is invoked by clicking on a clickBlock in a
> > WATableReport.)
>
> html popupAnchor
>     callback: [ self view: item ];
>     with: ....
>
> Cheers
> Philippe
>
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