Web and WebWorks Development

[kenhcwoo]

I'm using a Javascript extension that runs a Browserfield. The extension does a add(browserfield) within a class taht extends MainScreen. This fills up the entire screen with the browserfield.

Is there a way to do this so it only fills up a part of the screen? I would like to have my header div show up above the browserfield. 

I'm fairly new to the Java UI stuff (hence using Webworks), so some detailed help would be nice. 

[jeffheifetz]

Hi kenhcwoo,

All of WebWorks is an app running inside a browserfield, so I don't see the usefulness of adding an extension to do the same thing...

In Javaland I believe there is a way to make the browserfield display with other controls at the same time, but I do not believe there is a way to have 2 browserfields at the same time.

I you want to have a header-div, why not just do it in HTML? (Keep in mind that this UI is quite annoying to deal with on non-touch devices. Fixed position headers offer a lot of headaches when you need to scroll all the way to the top to use them.)

[kenhcwoo]

The extra browserfield is used to allow a user to visit to a server page which does oauth authentication. I am using an extension so that I don't redirect the entire app to another page because if a user wanders off, I cannot redirect the user back to the app. The extension allows me to keep the javascript in the app running while the user is looking at a page on the server.

The reason I would want to have a header is because I still want a way for a user to visually see a button that they can use to close the extra browserfield. Right now, the back button closes it but this isn't immediately obvious to the user.

[jeffheifetz]

Hi kenhcwoo,

I don't believe you can have two browserfields but you can probably have a java UI that will tell them to press the back key. You could also investigate using a childBrowser extension.