Re: opendialog maximized?

HStiglitz <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.xpfe
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 6/23/2013 3:25 PM, Neil wrote:
> HStiglitz wrote:
>
>> On 6/22/2013 11:48 AM, Neil wrote:
>>
>>> HStiglitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Can anyone tell me if there is a way to use opendialog so
>>>> that the windows that open up are automatically maximized?
>>>>
>>>> In the xul for the dialog I have:
>>>> persist="screenX screenY width height"
>>>>
>>>> And in the js file for the dialog I usually have:
>>>> window.openDialog('chrome://some.xul',"","chrome,modal,dialog=no,centerscreen,resizable,minimizable"
>>>>
>>>> ..
>>>>
>>>> That works ok but in order to maximize that window, I have
>>>> to set a timeout and watch for the window opening, then
>>>> maximize it.  And it doesn't always work depending how busy
>>>> the cpu is.
>>>>
>>>> Is there an option to have the dialog be automatically
>>>> opened maximized?  Thanks
>>>
>>> Try <window sizemode="maximised">
>>> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/XUL/Attribute/sizemode
>>>
>>> Of course if you want to remember if someone restores the
>>> window so that it doesn't open maximised the next time then
>>> you should add sizemode to the persist options.
>>
>> Thanks Neil.  Does sizemode apply to dialogs or just windows?
>> I can't find any examples of its use in conjunction with
>> opendialog.
>
> I'm not 100% sure but I think dialogs aren't maximisable,
> although you're passing dialog=no to openDialog, so you're
> getting a regular maximisable window anyway.

Yes, my window is maximizable on account of setting 
"dialog=no".  So how would I set it to open maximized 
automatically so I don't have to click the maximize button?  Is 
there no setting for that?

I tried sizemode="maximised" in both the xul file and the js 
file without success.  Thanks
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