Question

I call below javascript on click of link/textbox or button.

function OpenPopupLinkRisk(Number) 
{
    window.open("../PopUp.aspx?id=" + Number, "List", "scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,width=700,height=450");
    return false;
}

I donot want user to do anything else until he closes the popup window. So how can I grey background and force user to first close the popup and then do any other activity on application.

Can anyone suggest me how to achieve this ?

Thanks !

Answer 1

First of all, i would really disrecommend using window.open for this unless you really need a new browser popup window. If you want to stick with it persee, then will have to use a timer or something to manually check when the window is closed like:

var popup = window.open('http://www.example.com', 'example', '');   
var timer = setInterval(function() {   
    if(window.closed) {  
        clearInterval(timer);  
        alert('Closed alright');  
    }  
}, 100);  

Else, check some tutorials on the subject, Modal Popup