RadWindowManager Object

This help article explains the client-side API of the RadWindowManager. It can be used to:

• provide of a reference to the currently active window

• open and create new windows

• produce the alert/confirm/prompt dialogs

RadWindowManager client-side methods

Method	Description
cascade	Cascades the window objects.
closeActiveWindow	Close the active window.
closeAll	Closes all windows.
get_windows	Returns a reference to the array of RadWindow objects managed by the RadWindowManager.
getActiveWindow	Returns a reference to the current active window.
getWindowById	Returns a reference to a RadWindow. The Id passed as a parameter must be the RadWindow's Client-side ID property. It is subject to change by the framework in case an INaming container is a parent of the RadWindowManager.
getWindowByName	Returns a reference to a RadWindow. The Name passed as a parameter is the RadWindow's Server-side ID property. This allows you to get a reference to a specific RadWindow with the ID from your markup without the need to use ClientIDs.
maximizeAll	Maximizes all windows.
minimizeActiveWindow	Minimizes the currently active window.
minimizeAll	Minimizes all windows.
open	Opens a new or existing window. Can be used to change the URL, size and position of an existing window as well. Returns a reference to the RadWindow. See the Opening Windows help article for details and examples.
radalert	Displays a RadAlert dialog box. Requires a string for the message to be shown. Can take two integers for the width and height and a string for the title. Returns the RadWindow instance of the dialog window.
radconfirm	Displays a RadConfirm dialog box. Requires a string for the message to be shown. Can take a function for the callback function, two integers for the width and height, a null value should be passed for the callerObj and can also take a string for the title. Returns the RadWindow instance of the dialog window.
radprompt	Displays a RadConfirm dialog box. Requires a string for the message to be shown. Can take a function for the callback function, two integers for the width and height, a null value should be passed for the callerObj, can also take a string for the title and a string as an initial value. Returns the RadWindow instance of the dialog window.
restoreActiveWindow	Restores the active window if it was minimized or maximized.
restoreAll	Restores all windows.
showAll	Shows all windows.
tile	Tiles the window objects.

Examples

JavaScript

function UseWindowManager()
{
	//Getting rad window manager
	var oManager = GetRadWindowManager();
	//Get an existing window DialogWindow using getWindowByName
	var oWnd = oManager.getWindowByName("DialogWindow");
	oWnd.setUrl("http://www.google.com");
	//Call GetActiveWindow to get the active window
	var oActive = oManager.getActiveWindow();
	oActive.center();
	//Open a new window using using default settings
	var oNew = oManager.open("http://www.google.com","NewWindow");
	// cause all windows to cascade
	oManager.cascade();
	// list all windows in a textarea with id txtShowWindows
	var txtShowWindows = document.getElementById("txtShowWindows");
	var windows = oManager.get_windows();
	for (var i = 0; i < windows.length; i++)
	{
		txtShowWindows.value += windows[i].get_name() + ": " + windows[i].get_navigateUrl() + "\n";
	}
}

See Also

• RadWindow Object

• Opening Windows

• Overview