Dialogs and Prompts - Archive of obsolete content
<?xml version="1.0"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="chrome://global/skin/global.css" type="text/css"?> <dialog xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul" id="..." title="..." buttons="accept,cancel" ondialogaccept="return onaccept();" ondialogcancel="return oncancel();"> <script src="chrome://..."/> <!-- content --> </dialog> you need to implement onaccept and oncancel functions in your script.
...for example, to add an apply button to your dialog, use the following code: <dialog xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul" id="..." buttons="accept,cancel,extra1" ondialogaccept="onaccept();" ondialogextra1="onapply();" buttonlabelextra1="apply" buttonaccesskeyextra1="a"> <!-- content --> </dialog> you can even get the element object for any of predefined buttons with gdialog.getbutton(dlgtype);, where gdialog is the <dialog> element and dlgtype is one of the six button types listed above.
... example: <?xml version="1.0"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="chrome://global/skin/" type="text/css"?> <dialog xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul" ondialogaccept="alert('ok!');"> <hbox> <label value="hey!"/> <spacer flex="1"/> <vbox> <button dlgtype="accept"/> <button dlgtype="cancel"/> </vbox> </hbox> </dialog> default button since firefox 1.5, there are defaultbutton attributes and properties on the <dialog> element bug 284776.
... } mydialog.xul: <dialog xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul" id="mydialogid" title="my dialog" ondialogaccept="return onok();" onload="onload();" persist="screenx screeny width height" windowtype="mydialogwindowtype"> <script type="application/javascript" src="chrome://myext/content/mydialog.js"/> <grid> <columns><column/><column/></columns> <rows> <row align="center"><label value="name:"/><textbox id="name"/></row> <row align="center"><label value="description:"/><textbox ...

Creating Dialogs - Archive of obsolete content
example dialog source view <?xml version="1.0"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="chrome://global/skin/global.css" type="text/css"?> <dialog id="donothing" title="dialog example" xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul" buttons="accept,cancel" ondialogaccept="return dook();" ondialogcancel="return docancel();"> <script> function dook(){ alert("you pressed ok!"); return true; } function docancel(){ alert("you pressed cancel!"); return true; } </script> <description value="select a button"/> </dialog> you may place any elements that you wish in a dialog.
...the following values may be used, seperated by commas: accept - an ok button cancel - a cancel button help - a help button disclosure - a disclosure button, which is used for showing more information you can set code to execute when the buttons are pressed using the ondialogaccept, ondialogcancel, ondialoghelp and ondialogdisclosure attributes.
... dialog with more features <?xml version="1.0"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="chrome://global/skin/global.css" type="text/css"?> <dialog id="mydialog" title="my dialog" xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul" onload="window.sizetocontent();" buttons="accept,cancel" buttonlabelaccept="set favourite" buttonaccesskeyaccept="s" ondialogaccept="return dosave();" buttonlabelcancel="cancel" buttonaccesskeycancel="n" ondialogcancel="return docancel();"> <script> function dosave(){ //dosomething() return true; } function docancel(){ return true; } </script> <dialogheader title="my dialog" description="example dialog"/> <groupbox flex="1"> <caption label="select favourite fruit"/> <radio id="orange" label="...

prefwindow - Archive of obsolete content
attributes buttonalign, buttondir, buttonorient, buttonpack, buttons, defaultbutton, lastselected, onbeforeaccept, ondialogaccept, ondialogcancel, ondialogdisclosure, ondialoghelp, onload, onunload, title, type properties buttons, currentpane, defaultbutton, lastselected, preferencepanes, type methods acceptdialog, addpane, canceldialog, centerwindowonscreen, getbutton, opensubdialog, openwindow, showpane examples <?xml version="1.0"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="chrome://global/skin/" type="text/css"?> <prefwindow ...
... ondialogaccept type: script code the code in this attribute is called when the accept button is pressed, or when the acceptdialog method is called.

Dialogs in XULRunner - Archive of obsolete content
here is an example xul dialog: <?xml version="1.0"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="chrome://global/skin/" type="text/css"?> <dialog id="mydialog" title="my dialog" xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul" onload="window.sizetocontent();" buttons="accept,cancel" buttonlabelaccept="set favorite" buttonaccesskeyaccept="s" ondialogaccept="return dosave();" buttonlabelcancel="cancel" buttonaccesskeycancel="n" ondialogcancel="return docancel();"> <script> function dosave(){ //dosomething() return true; } function docancel(){ return true; } </script> <dialogheader title="my dialog" description="example dialog"/> <groupbox flex="1"> <caption label="select favorite...
... ondialogaccept javascript to execute if the accept button is pressed; similar attributes exist for the other button types.

Chapter 3: Introduction to XUL—How to build a more intuitive UI - Archive of obsolete content
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="chrome://global/skin/"?> <dialog xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul" title="my dialog" buttons="accept,cancel" ondialogaccept="savevalues(); window.close();" ondialogcancel="window.close();"> <checkbox label="my option"/> </dialog> listing 8: a dialog figure 5: output from listing 8 note: the functions behind the dialog elements discussed here require "xpconnect privileges," which are discussed in chapter 4, so this example will only run correctly if it can run as firefox code itself or installed extension c...

Adding windows and dialogs - Archive of obsolete content
<dialog id="xulschoolhello-hello-dialog" title="&xulschoolhello.hellodialog.title;" buttons="accept,cancel" ondialogaccept="return xulschoolchrome.hellodialog.accept();" ondialogcancel="return xulschoolchrome.hellodialog.cancel();" xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"> carefully read the specification of the dialog element.

Attribute (XUL) - Archive of obsolete content
max maxheight maxlength maxpos maxrows maxwidth member menu menuactive min minheight minresultsforpopup minwidth mode modifiers mousethrough movetoclick multiline multiple name negate newlines next noautofocus noautohide noinitialfocus nomatch norestorefocus object observes onbeforeaccept onbookmarkgroup onchange onclick onclosetab oncommand oncommandupdate ondialogaccept ondialogcancel ondialogclosure ondialogextra1 ondialogextra2 ondialoghelp onerror onerrorcommand onextra1 onextra2 oninput onload onnewtab onpageadvanced onpagehide onpagerewound onpageshow onpaneload onpopuphidden onpopuphiding onpopupshowing onpopupshown onsearchcomplete onselect ontextcommand ontextentered ontextrevert ontextreverted onunload onwizardback onwizard...

Index - Archive of obsolete content
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