Open Editor dialog relative to browser

[Dave]

Hi,

I have a modal RadWindow, whose content page contains a RadEditor.   When an editor dialog is opened, it's position and movement is limited to the content area of the RadWindow.  Is there a way to have the editor dialogs open modal, but relative to the browser?  Thus allowing the editor dialog to be positioned overlapping or even outside of the RadWindow.

Thanks,

Dave

 

[Vessy]

Hello Dave,

The content page loaded in RadWindow is rendered inside an <iframe>, so it has different context than the current page. This is why the dialogs of the Editor can be dragged only in the context of their parent window (and, respectively - parent iframe).

You can switch to the default browser pop-up windows, though, by following the approach from this KB article:

https://www.telerik.com/support/kb/aspnet-ajax/details/using-browser-modal-dialog-instead-of-radwindow

        <script type="text/javascript">  
            function OnClientLoad(editor) {
                editor.set_useClassicDialogs(true);
            }
        </script>
        <telerik:RadEditor ID="RadEditor1" OnClientLoad="OnClientLoad" runat="server"></telerik:RadEditor>
    

Regards,
Vessy
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[Dave]

HI Vessy,

Thanks for your suggestion, but I'd rather keep the look and feel consistent by using modal RadWindows throughout the app.  I found this thread from long ago:  https://www.telerik.com/forums/radeditor-in-radwindow-open-dialogues-in-a-different-radwindow.  The Accepted answer by Dobromir provides some code that uses the Editor's dialogOpener to cause the dialogs to open outside of the RadWindow housing the Editor, and relative to BrowserWindow.

I was able to incorporate this solution in our app and it appears to be behaving as we want.  Unless you see something in this solution from 2010 that hasn't aged well....

Thanks!

Dave

 

[Vessy]

Hi Dave,

I tested the approach suggested by Dobromir both with classic and Lightweight rendering. It behaves properly at my end with the latest version of the control, so you can keep using it if the result behavior suits your needs :)

[Dave]

Thank you Vessy for confirming the validity!

Much appreciated!

Dave

 

[Vessy]

You are welcome, Dave!