[Solved] What controls whether an iframe is used?

[Marc Simkin]

What controls whether the window being created by $.telerik.window.create is in an iframe of a div? I know that if I set modal = true, I get an iframe, and if I set modal = false I get a div.

I would like to create a modeless window for my application, but this window always needs to be available and not tied to a specific div on a specific page. The purpose of this window is an in application chat client.  Since this is a chat window, it is expect that the user would still be navigating around to other pages included in the application.

I was hoping to just create the window purely on the client side upon the click of a link.

thanks

marc

[Alex Gyoshev]

Hello Marc Simkin,

The iframe is rendered when the contentUrl property is set to a remote URL (on a different server). It is not affected by the modal property.

Kind regards,
Alex Gyoshev
the Telerik team

[Marc Simkin]

If you look at the attached example.  Both the main page and the window are loaded from the same remote server.

The window has been created in an iFrame.

Are windows that are created via the client API always in an iFrame?

(Please ignore the errors in the close Window function).

Thanks

Marc

[Alex Gyoshev]

Hi Marc Simkin,

Well, the "algorithm" for determining whether the URL is remote isn't that smart -- it just looks whether a protocol is set. this.href returns the full URL, thus causes the iframe to be shown. If you use showDialogWindow(this.getAttribute('href', 2)); instead, you'll get the proper behavior (i.e. no iframe). Please note, that when you're not using an iframe, you need to load a partial view.

Best wishes,
Alex Gyoshev
the Telerik team

[Marc Simkin]

Thank you for that info.