How do you open a new window?
Maybe you can set load event handler from the first window.
Or try to use window.opener (if open with window.open) from second window to
get first one. window.opener will be the window object of first window, so
window.opener.document.getElementById

On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 11:56 PM, Tom Brito <brito.pro@gmai...> wrote:

> A main problem with this loading is that it needs to show while opening a
> new window,
> I had success to show a loading menupopup element
>
> var image = getElementById('loadingImage');
> show("image.width = " + image.width);
> var x = screen.width/2 - 150;
> var y = screen.height/2 - 150;
> getElementById('loadingPopup').openPopupAtScreen(x, y, "true");
>
>
> The only problem now is that the second windows can't get the menupopup id
> to close is in the onload() event... Any hint on this?
>
> *
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> *
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Evgeny <zenbka@gmai...> wrote:
>
>> Hello
>>
>> I think that's not a good idea to use CSS 'position' property in XUL,
>> absolute or fixed.
>> absolute doesn't work, fixed works with some problems.
>>
>> 1) You can use <stack> or <deck> element, this is the best solution (or
>> set -moz-stack css property).
>>
>> <deck selectedIndex="0">    <!-- you change selectedIndex in javascript to
>> change what is displayed-->
>>  <image .../>
>>  <image .../>
>> </deck>
>>
>> It's XUL way.
>>
>> 2)Also if you need floating element above your document, you'd beter use
>> <panel noautohide="true">
>> You set it position with showPopup function. See MDC.
>>
>> 3) The *dirty* solution is to use html elements in your xul:
>> You declare html namespace in your window
>> <window xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
>>
>>   xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul">
>> And use
>> <html:div style="position:absolute; left:20px; top:20px;">
>>     <html:img src="..."/>
>> </html:div>
>>
>> 4) Another *dirty* solution (i'm not sure how to make it work in random
>> xul file) is to use position:fixed
>> I used it in one firefox extension. There was a problem that element
>> ignored its z-index when it clipped <browser> element.
>> I solved it with another browser element in stack
>> *
>> *
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Tom Brito <brito.pro@gmai...> wrote:
>>
>>> I have this Xul file:
>>>
>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>>> <?xml-stylesheet href="chrome://global/skin/" type="text/css"?>
>>> <?xml-stylesheet href="chrome://greenfox/content/mycss.css"
>>> type="text/css"?>
>>> <window xmlns="
>>> http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul">
>>>     <image class="Front" src="images/loading.gif"/>
>>>     <image class="Back" src="images/plasma.jpg"/>
>>> </window>
>>>
>>>
>>> with this CSS:
>>>
>>> .Back {
>>>     position: absolute;
>>>     left: 0px;
>>>     top:0px;
>>>     z-index:0;
>>> }
>>> .Front {
>>>     position: absolute;
>>>     left: 0px;
>>>     top:0px;
>>>     z-index:1;
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>> and, for some reason, the images are vertically one above another, not in
>>> z-index as specified by my CSS. Any idea how to fix it?
>>> This same CSS in a html file works just fine..
>>>
>>>
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