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I first bring the prototype.js and window.js source files into the header. Then, I build the pop object
with the parameters I like, including the size, the location, the title, and the URL of the page from
which the widget should get its content. Loading the content from a page through Ajax is just one
way of getting the contents, though; you can also set them dynamically through JavaScript code or
wrap the window around an existing <div> tag on the page.
In this case, I reference the terms.html file shown in Listing 8.
Listing 8. Terms.html
<html><body bgcolor=”white”>
<h1>Terms and Conditions</h1>
<p>In order to use this site you must comply
with the following conditions...</p>
</body></html>
When I launch the page in my browser, I see the window shown in Figure 6.
Figure 6. The initial window
No, that’s not just two Mac windows on top of each other. That’s a Mac-looking fake DHTML window
inside a real Firefox browser window. But it looks and feels the same anyway.
I can stretch and move the window around, as shown in Figure 7.
Figure 7. The window after moving and resizing it
I looked at several DHTML window libraries, both for this article and for my own work, and I can tell
you with some confidence that this one has the best feel to me. Other window packages had
rendering problems, rendered in segments, or behaved badly when I resized them. This one feels
very much like a real window that’s just trapped inside the browser. |
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