Item10382: simplemodal can't load content from a different topic

I am trying to use the second JQuerySimpleModal example - to load content asynchronously from a different topic. I created a new topic in the Sandbox but it doesn't open a modal dialog.

%JQREQUIRE{"simplemodal, debug"}%

%JQICON{"email"}% <a href="#" class="jqSimpleModal {url:'%SCRIPTURLPATH{"view"}%/System/JQuerySimpleModal?skin=text;section=helpText', onSubmit:function() {alert('you clicked submit in the async example')}, onCancel:function() {alert('you cancelled the async example')}}">Contact (async)</a>: opens a modal dialog with content loaded asynchronously from a named section of a topic

I observed this behavior in Foswiki 1.1.1 using Firefox 3.6.13 and IE 8, and in Foswiki 1.1.2 using IE 7.

-- KipLubliner - 21 Feb 2011

Behavior also observed on trunk.foswiki.org

-- KipLubliner - 21 Feb 2011

Kip, please check $Foswiki::cfg{AuthScripts} in your configuration: if rest is included there, remove it and try again.

-- MichaelDaum - 21 Feb 2011

Hi Michael - I removed rest from $Foswiki::cfg{AuthScripts}, but it didn't make a difference. Here is the javascript error from IE.

Webpage error details

User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Timestamp: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:05:31 UTC


Message: Object doesn't support this property or method
Line: 47
Char: 9
Code: 0
URI: http://localhost/foswiki/pub/System/JQueryPlugin/plugins/simplemodal/jquery.simplemodal.init.uncompressed.js?version=1.2.3

  $(function() { 
    // opener
    $(".jqSimpleModal:not(.jqInitedSimpleModal)").livequery(function() { 
      var $this = $(this);
      $this.addClass("jqInitedSimpleModal").click(function(e) {
-->     var opts = $.extend({}, defaults, $this.metadata());

-- KipLubliner - 21 Feb 2011

I tried

        var opts = $.extend({}, defaults);//, $this.metadata());

And then I got past that line (still didn't work though). So the problem must be that $this.metadata() is null.

-- KipLubliner - 21 Feb 2011

OK, now I tried

%JQREQUIRE{"simplemodal, debug, metadata"}%

It looks like it creates a tiny modal dialog square, just a few pixels wide.

-- KipLubliner - 22 Feb 2011

I think the problem is that simplemodal depends on metadata, which wasn't specified. That has since been fixed.

Can you try the latest version of the JQueryPlugin and see if you are still having problems?

-- AndrewJones - 20 Oct 2011

I put the code fragment in KipLubliner, and it almost works perfectly. The popup shows, but the buttons are not rendered correctly.

-- KipLubliner - 17 Nov 2011

Closing due to inactivity. Simplemodal isn't aging well. A better alternative is the jquery-ui-dialog component also shipped with foswiki.

-- MichaelDaum - 12 Oct 2013

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