Nokia770 in Forefox window - no menu, toolbars, etc.

**bklaas** · 2006-01-17, 17:13

sounds like a job for javascript. If you also run a webserver, you could create a page that could pops an 800x400 window to slimserver with no toolbars, and then close the parent. If I get a chance I will experiment with that today. Sounds kinda cool.
#!/ben

**fuzzyT** · 2006-01-17, 17:28

Re: Nokia770 in Forefox window - no menu, toolbars, etc.

bklaas wrote:
> [...] a page that could pops an 800x400 window to slimserver with no
> toolbars, and then close the parent.

You might look at using a similar javascript concept for a bookmarklet.
I have a bunch of these in my personal bookmarks toolbar and they're
handy as all get out. This one would be cake.

--rt

**bklaas** · 2006-01-17, 23:07

this is javascript code to do it as a bookmarklet. Replace localhost with the IP of your slimserver.

javascript:var winOpts = 'resizable=no,scrollbars=yes,width=800,height=480' ;function popUp(pPage) { var popUpWin = window.open(pPage,'popWin',winOpts); popUpWin.focus(); }popUp('http://localhost:9000');

I also did it as a webpage, with the hopes of having a clickable icon from my desktop, but firefox and opera don't allow self.close(), so you end up with a blank underlying window in addition to the slimserver window. Not the hugest deal, but I wish it was cleaner.

<html>
<head>
<title>Slimserver WebConsole Executor</title>
<script language = 'JavaScript'>
var winOpts = 'resizable=no,scrollbars=yes,width=800,height=480' ;

function popUp(pPage) {
var popUpWin = window.open(pPage,'popWin',winOpts);
popUpWin.focus();
}
popUp('http://localhost:9000');
</script>

</head>

<body>
<script language = 'JavaScript'>
window.close();
</script>
</body>
</html>

**malsbury** · 2006-01-18, 00:22

Originally posted by bklaas

this is javascript code to do it as a bookmarklet. Replace localhost with the IP of your slimserver.

javascript:var winOpts = 'resizable=no,scrollbars=yes,width=800,height=480' ;function popUp(pPage) { var popUpWin = window.open(pPage,'popWin',winOpts); popUpWin.focus(); }popUp('http://localhost:9000');

Ben this works great, but as I don't run the Nokia770 as my defualt webUI. I changed the end to "popUp('http://localhost:9000/nokia770/')" and bookmarked that. Now I can have a handy visual control panel for my server in it's own little window. I thought this might be useful for others who also don't run the Nokia as their default.

--Tom Malsbury

**Robin Bowes** · 2006-01-18, 00:27

Re: Nokia770 in Forefox window - no menu, toolbars, etc.

bklaas said the following on 17/01/2006 23:07:
> this is javascript code to do it as a bookmarklet. Replace localhost
> with the IP of your slimserver.
>
> javascript:var winOpts =
> 'resizable=no,scrollbars=yes,width=800,height=480' ;function
> popUp(pPage) { var popUpWin = window.open(pPage,'popWin',winOpts);
> popUpWin.focus(); }popUp('http://localhost:9000');

Cool.

So how do I create a bookmarklet?

R.
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**Robin Bowes** · 2006-01-18, 00:36

Re: Nokia770 in Forefox window - no menu, toolbars, etc.

bklaas said the following on 17/01/2006 23:07:
> this is javascript code to do it as a bookmarklet. Replace localhost
> with the IP of your slimserver.
>
> javascript:var winOpts =
> 'resizable=no,scrollbars=yes,width=800,height=480' ;function
> popUp(pPage) { var popUpWin = window.open(pPage,'popWin',winOpts);
> popUpWin.focus(); }popUp('http://localhost:9000');

OK, so I found out about bookmarklets!

This works great except (nitpick, nitpick):

1. I added the nokia skin explicitly to the url, i.e.

http://localhost:9000/nokia770

2. The window doesn't appear on top - it disappears behind the current
window
3. Is it possible to turn off the status bar?

Great work!

That skin works really well as a small Slimserver control panel. Only
trouble is I may have got get a Nokia 770 now.

R.
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http://robinbowes.com

If a man speaks in a forest,
and his wife's not there,
is he still wrong?

**bklaas** · 2006-01-18, 00:50

Originally posted by Robin Bowes

This works great except (nitpick, nitpick):

1. I added the nokia skin explicitly to the url, i.e.
http://localhost:9000/nokia770

yeah, that's a good idea.

Originally posted by Robin Bowes

2. The window doesn't appear on top - it disappears behind the current
window

That's weird, since the popUpWin.focus() line should have put it on top (it works for me, FF1.5/Linux). Don't know why it's working that way for you.

Originally posted by Robin Bowes

3. Is it possible to turn off the status bar?

I believe that's part of your browser's "chrome" and is not easily manipulated via javascript (for good reason). In Firefox, you can uncheck View->Status Bar and it'll go away...

**Robin Bowes** · 2006-01-18, 01:15

Re: Nokia770 in Forefox window - no menu, toolbars, etc.

bklaas said the following on 18/01/2006 00:50:
> Robin Bowes Wrote:
>> 2. The window doesn't appear on top - it disappears behind the current
>> window
>
> That's weird, since the popUpWin.focus() line should have put it on top
> (it works for me, FF1.5/Linux). Don't know why it's working that way for
> you.

I'm using FF1.5 on XP. I'll try it on Linux.

>
> Robin Bowes Wrote:
>> 3. Is it possible to turn off the status bar?
>
> I believe that's part of your browser's "chrome" and is not easily
> manipulated via javascript (for good reason). In Firefox, you can
> uncheck View->Status Bar and it'll go away...

Yes, I'm aware of that. Shame it can't be manipulated in JS.

Excellent skin, BTW.

R.
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If a man speaks in a forest,
and his wife's not there,
is he still wrong?

**Robin Bowes** · 2006-01-18, 01:20

Re: Nokia770 in Forefox window - no menu, toolbars, etc.

Robin Bowes said the following on 18/01/2006 01:15:
> bklaas said the following on 18/01/2006 00:50:
>> Robin Bowes Wrote:
>>> 2. The window doesn't appear on top - it disappears behind the current
>>> window
>> That's weird, since the popUpWin.focus() line should have put it on top
>> (it works for me, FF1.5/Linux). Don't know why it's working that way for
>> you.
>
> I'm using FF1.5 on XP. I'll try it on Linux.

Hmmm. 1.07 on FC4. The popup works, but I can resize the window. And I
see scrollbars when it opens.

R.
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**David Brittain** · 2006-01-18, 08:55

Re: Nokia770 in Forefox window - no menu, toolbars, etc.

In 1.5 both focus and changing the status bar are controlled by
javascript advanced preferences. On my system (I'm not sure if these are
defaults or not) changing focus is allowed and changing status text is
not. However, the window is still launched at the back for me. (on xp)

Dave

Robin Bowes wrote:
> Robin Bowes said the following on 18/01/2006 01:15:
>
>> bklaas said the following on 18/01/2006 00:50:
>>
>>> Robin Bowes Wrote:
>>>
>>>> 2. The window doesn't appear on top - it disappears behind the current
>>>> window
>>>>
>>> That's weird, since the popUpWin.focus() line should have put it on top
>>> (it works for me, FF1.5/Linux). Don't know why it's working that way for
>>> you.
>>>
>> I'm using FF1.5 on XP. I'll try it on Linux.
>>
>
> Hmmm. 1.07 on FC4. The popup works, but I can resize the window. And I
> see scrollbars when it opens.
>
> R.
>

**fuzzyT** · 2006-01-18, 14:58

Re: Nokia770 in Forefox window - no menu, toolbars, etc.

Robin Bowes wrote:

> Hmmm. 1.07 on FC4. The popup works, but I can resize the window. And I
> see scrollbars when it opens.

The bookmarklet needs to set scrollbars=yes, so that you can scroll
vertically on pages like 'Artists'.

The trick to getting rid of them on the pages like 'Home' is to tweak
the opened window's size upwards a bit.

A width on 818px, was just right for getting rid of the horiz scroll for
me, and leaving enough of a right hand gutter so that it didn't reappear
on the 'Artists' page.

--rt

Nokia770 in Forefox window - no menu, toolbars, etc.

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