custom text on 'confirm' popup buttons

[dzeeq]

Hi,
I wonder if it's possible to replace standard text on confirm-popup
buttons from 'ok' and 'cancel' to some other captions.
If not, is there a way to create quickly custom dialog, with only two
buttons, returning 'true' or 'false'? Would I have to use forms to
return value from my custom dialog?
Thanx for any help.

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

Re: custom text on 'confirm' popup buttons

dzeeq@wp.pl (dzeeq) writes:
[color=blue]
> I wonder if it's possible to replace standard text on confirm-popup
> buttons from 'ok' and 'cancel' to some other captions.[/color]

It isn't.
[color=blue]
> If not, is there a way to create quickly custom dialog, with only two
> buttons, returning 'true' or 'false'? Would I have to use forms to
> return value from my custom dialog?[/color]

There are plenty, they just won't be modal (i.e., prevent you from
using the page while being shown). That also means that you can't
simply call it as a function that returns the user's choice. You will
have to get the answer from the click event instead.

The simplest is to have a <div> with two buttons, and show it when
needed. Something like:
---
<style type="text/css">
#confirmBox {
width:10em;
height:5em;
position:absolu te;
z-index:1;
visibility:hidd en;
background:blue ;
color:white;
border:6px double white;
text-align:center;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
var answerFunction;
function myConfirm(text, button1,button2 ,answerFunc) {
var box = document.getEle mentById("confi rmBox");
box.getElements ByTagName("p")[0].firstChild.nod eValue = text;
var button = box.getElements ByTagName("inpu t");
button[0].value=button1;
button[1].value=button2;
answerFunction = answerFunc;
box.style.visib ility="visible" ;
}
function answer(response ) {
document.getEle mentById("confi rmBox").style.v isibility="hidd en";
answerFunction( response);
}
</script>
...
<div id="confirmBox" >
<p>Continue?</p>
<p><input type="button" onclick="answer (true)" value="Ok">
<input type="button" onclick="answer (false)" value="Cancel"> </p>
</div>


<script type="text/javascript">
function tester(button) {
myConfirm("Say Aye or Nay!","Aye","Na y",
function(answer ) {
button.value="L ast answer was: "+(answer?"Aye" :"Nay");
});
}
</script>
<input type="button" value="Answer me!" onclick="tester (this)">
---

/L
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[Michael Winter]

Re: custom text on 'confirm' popup buttons

"dzeeq" wrote on 13/11/2003:
[color=blue]
> Hi,
> I wonder if it's possible to replace standard text on confirm-popup
> buttons from 'ok' and 'cancel' to some other captions.
> If not, is there a way to create quickly custom dialog, with only[/color]
two[color=blue]
> buttons, returning 'true' or 'false'? Would I have to use forms to
> return value from my custom dialog?
> Thanx for any help.[/color]

If there is, it's either new (beyond v1.3 - I haven't caught up with
DOM yet), or browser-specific. You could use window.open to load a
small HTML page with two images, then set a global variable, or call a
function (better, so you don't have to poll), in the parent window.
Dirty, I know, but simple.

Mike

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