[Engine-devel] IE9 Issue with UI Plugin

[Vojtech Szocs]

Hi Ricky,

did you manage to solve the issue related with IE dev tools? If there are still issues pointing to UI plugin infrastructure, please let me know.

Regards,
Vojtech


----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Hopper" <Richard.Hopper at netapp.com>
> To: "Vojtech Szocs" <vszocs at redhat.com>
> Cc: engine-devel at ovirt.org, "Christopher Morrissey" <Christopher.Morrissey at netapp.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 9:39:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] IE9 Issue with UI Plugin
> 
> Hi Vojtech,
> 
> I've tested the new patch and for some reason am still running into
> problems, though there are different exceptions now. I'll let you know if
> we figure out what specifically is going on. It does work if dev tools are
> up, but if there are no developer tools available the window will still
> not close.
> 
> - Ricky
> 
> On 6/19/13 9:19 AM, "Vojtech Szocs" <vszocs at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> >Hi Ricky,
> >
> >you were right, in IE9, postMessage listener (WebAdmin) didn't work
> >properly, so I simplified it and verified that it now works in IE9, too:
> >http://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/15888/
> >
> >After applying above mentioned patch, everything should work as expected
> >in IE9. I've also attached "test-plugin" which I used for verification in
> >IE9.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Vojtech
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Vojtech Szocs" <vszocs at redhat.com>
> >> To: "Richard Hopper" <Richard.Hopper at netapp.com>
> >> Cc: engine-devel at ovirt.org, "Christopher Morrissey"
> >><Christopher.Morrissey at netapp.com>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 11:54:16 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] IE9 Issue with UI Plugin
> >> 
> >> Hi Ricky,
> >> 
> >> code running in the iframe (custom dialog content) can close the dialog
> >>in
> >> the following way:
> >> 
> >> 1, send message to your plugin to indicate the dialog needs to be
> >>closed:
> >> 
> >>     parent.postMessage('CloseMyDialog', '*');
> >> 
> >> 2, your plugin intercepts the message via MessageReceived function and
> >>closes
> >> the dialog:
> >> 
> >>     MessageReceived: function(data, sourceWindow) {
> >>         switch (data) {
> >>             case 'CloseMyDialog':
> >>                 window.alert('About to close dialog');
> >>                 api.closeDialog('my-dialog');
> >>                 break;
> >>         }
> >>     }
> >> 
> >> If the above doesn't work for you, it could mean that:
> >> - MessageReceived function isn't invoked - make sure to have [*] before
> >> api.register() call
> >> - api.closeDialog() function isn't working - in this case I need to fix
> >>it
> >> for IE9
> >> 
> >> [*] accept message events from iframe (custom dialog content) origin
> >> 
> >>     api.options({
> >>         allowedMessageOrigins: 'http://nicedomain:8080'
> >>         /* OR */
> >>         allowedMessageOrigins: ['http://nicedomain1:123',
> >>         'https://nicedomain2:345']
> >>     });
> >> 
> >> I'm going to investigate this issue on IE9 myself to see if the above
> >>code is
> >> really working there.
> >> 
> >> Vojtech
> >> 
> >> 
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: "Richard Hopper" <Richard.Hopper at netapp.com>
> >> > To: "Vojtech Szocs" <vszocs at redhat.com>
> >> > Cc: engine-devel at ovirt.org, "Christopher Morrissey"
> >> > <Christopher.Morrissey at netapp.com>
> >> > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 8:16:03 PM
> >> > Subject: IE9 Issue with UI Plugin
> >> > 
> >> > Hi Vojtech,
> >> > 
> >> > I had previously sent you an email about IE9 compatibility where the
> >> > problem
> >> > we were having was solved by omitting console logging when a console
> >>was
> >> > unavailable (i.e. IE). However, it is looking like IE9 may have a
> >>bigger
> >> > issue with regards to the plugin framework.
> >> > 
> >> > Now that we have gotten dialogs to open via dynamically inserted
> >>buttons
> >> > within RHEV tabs (for example, a NetApp button in the Storage tab),
> >>we can
> >> > go through our whole process with the exception of closing the
> >>window. In
> >> > all other browsers, our dialog will close as expected, but in IE the
> >>window
> >> > remains open. It can be closed by hitting the red "x" in the corner,
> >>but it
> >> > appears the code in the frame itself cannot close the window, with a
> >> > console
> >> > message in the dev tools of IE9 showing an error of "'Math' is
> >>undefined".
> >> > I've read up on this, and it seems like this is a very widespread
> >>error in
> >> > Internet Explorer concerning the manner/order in which iframes are
> >> > dynamically inserted.
> >> > 
> >> > I've copied engine-devel in case anyone has similar issues/solutions,
> >>but
> >> > it
> >> > seems as though we need some sort of clause in the plugin framework
> >>for IE
> >> > when it comes to dynamic insertion of new windows.
> >> > 
> >> > - Ricky Hopper
> >> > 
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