Re: opendialog maximized?

HStiglitz wrote:

> On 7/8/2013 4:43 PM, Neil wrote:
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>> HStiglitz wrote:
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>>> On 6/25/2013 2:35 PM, HStiglitz wrote:
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>>>> On 6/25/2013 4:08 AM, Neil wrote:
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>>>>> HStiglitz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 6/23/2013 3:25 PM, Neil wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> HStiglitz wrote:
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>>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, that wouldn't work. Sorry for spelling it in en-GB; you'll 
>>>>> need to try spelling it in en-US, as per the page I linked to.
>>>>
>>>> Can't believe I missed that - usually I have have a sharp eye for 
>>>> such things.  Damn yanks!  I'll report back after I try it.
>>>
>>> OK, I just tried sizemode=maximized in both the xul and js files and 
>>> it didn't work.  Cleared the cache each time.  Any other ideas?  Thx
>>
>> I just realised that centerscreen turns off maximized...
>
> Thanks Neil.  I took out centerscreen but it makes no difference - I 
> still can't opendialog to maximized.  Have you actually gotten it to 
> work?

Yes, but while trying to get it to work I noticed that it's very easy to 
accidentally disable sizemode by changing the window's position or size.

The window I was testing on is the update prompt checker:
Components.classes['@mozilla.org/updates/update-prompt;1'].getService(Components.interfaces.nsIUpdatePrompt).checkForUpdates();

This calls a routine in nsUpdateService.js called _showUI, however this 
normally centerscreen and resizeable=no so I had to remove those and 
then once I added sizemode="maximized" to updates.xul and the window 
opened maximised. Obviously you shouldn't have to go to those lengths 
for your own window but I didn't want to go to the trouble of creating a 
new window just to test opening it maximised.

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