button click in modaldialog opens another browser

sasidhar79 · December 14th, 2006, 02:27 PM

Hi,

I have a asp.net page with a asp:button and onclick of the button i am opening a modaldialog box and this modal dialogbox has another asp:button and upon clicking this button a new browser window is opened , which is weird, please do let me know on how i can handle this.

btnAddFamily.Attributes.Add("onclick", "window.showModalDialog('AddEditFamily.aspx',null, 'status:no;dialogWidth:752px;dialogHeight:460px;di alogHide:true;help:no;scroll:no');")

thank you

regards
sasi

thanks,
Sasidhar

woodyz · December 14th, 2006, 03:09 PM

Whatis the code in the button that is in the modal dialog? If the code for that button makes a window.open call, for example, then a new window will be open.

Woody Z
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sasidhar79 · December 14th, 2006, 04:25 PM

there is no code in the button that is in the modal dialog, the new browser opens much before the onclick event

thanks,
Sasidhar

woodyz · December 14th, 2006, 06:03 PM

I just have misunderstood your post as you said:

Quote:

quote:and this modal dialogbox has another asp:button and upon clicking this button

Then is your button in a form element? The button click will submit the form if that is the case.
You might try returning false from your onclick code:

Code:

btnAddFamily.Attributes.Add("onclick", "window.showModalDialog('AddEditFamily.aspx',null,'status:no;dialogWidth:752px;dialogHeight:460px;dialogHide:true;help:no;scroll:no');return false;")

Woody Z
http://www.learntoprogramnow.com

sasidhar79 · December 14th, 2006, 06:27 PM

but when i step through the code in debug mode the new browser is opened even before the onclick event is invoked.

thanks,
Sasidhar

woodyz · December 14th, 2006, 06:32 PM

How are you stepping through javascript code running in a browser?

Is the modal dialog showing up at all?

Woody Z
http://www.learntoprogramnow.com

sasidhar79 · December 14th, 2006, 06:50 PM

I have a aspx page and it has button btnAddFamily and in the page load of this aspx page is the following line of code

btnAddFamily.Attributes.Add("onclick", "window.showModalDialog('AddEditFamily.aspx',null, 'status:no;dialogWidth:752px;dialogHeight:460px;di alogHide:true;help:no;scroll:no');return false;")

on click of this button a modal dialog box pops up with 'AddEditFamily.aspx and this has another button "Save" onclick of save I update the data from 'AddEditFamily.aspx' page to database , but before the onclick event of the save button is invoked another browser window is opened with 'AddEditFamily.aspx' loaded.

thanks,
Sasidhar

woodyz · December 14th, 2006, 08:10 PM

Okay. I am unclear on this, but it is now my understanding that it is on click of the button on the MODAL DIALOG BOX that your problem is occuring and not your original window, so that is the code you need to show us. It sounds like you are posting back to that page from the modal dialog, and this is going to cause you trouble.

You might want to think about using an AJAX call to update the data.

Woody Z
http://www.learntoprogramnow.com

terlimouli · January 19th, 2007, 03:13 AM

Sasidhar,

I am facing the same problem with the modal dialog.

When i click a button in a modal dialog, it is opening new browser window.

can you pls help me in how u have solved this problem.

awaisusmanbutt · January 24th, 2008, 03:59 AM

just use <base id="base1" target="_self" /> on the page that you are opening in showModalDialog

Awais Usman Butt