Window: showModalDialog() method

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This method was removed in Chrome 43 and Firefox 56.

The Window.showModalDialog() created and displayed a modal dialog box containing a specified HTML document.

Syntax

showModalDialog(uri)
showModalDialog(uri, arguments)
showModalDialog(uri, arguments, options)

Parameters

uri: Is the URL of the document to display in the dialog.
arguments Optional: Values passed to the dialog. property.
options Optional: A string specifying window ornamentation for the dialog, using one or more semicolon delimited values:

Syntax	Description
`center: {on \| off \| yes \| no \| 1 \| 0 }`	If `on`, `yes`, or `1`, the dialog window is centered on the desktop; otherwise it's hidden. Default is `yes`.
`dialogheight: height`	The height of the dialog box in pixels.
`dialogleft: left`	Distance of the dialog box from the left edge of the desktop.
`dialogwidth: width`	The width of the dialog box in pixels.
`dialogtop: top`	Distance of the dialog box from the top edge of the desktop.
`resizable: {on \| off \| yes \| no \| 1 \| 0 }`	If this argument's value is `on`, `yes`, or 1, the dialog window can be resized by the user; otherwise its size is fixed. The default value is `no`.
`scroll: {on \| off \| yes \| no \| 1 \| 0 }`	If `on`, `yes`, or 1, the dialog window has scroll bars; otherwise its size is fixed. Default is `no`.