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ElihuNavon
ElihuNavon
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How to transfer variables to a lightbox?

Hello. Window parent is fully compatible to all modern browsers So seems to be the case for postMessage (the bottom part of my post)

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Stavros_Souvatzis
3 years ago
ElihuNavon
ElihuNavon
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How to transfer variables to a lightbox?

Hi. It seems like going into a lot of trouble, overriding functionality. Why not use browser functionality? The lightbox loads in an i-frame. The i-frame can have access to the parent document variables. So, you can set a window variable on the top level, for example: window.whatevah = "123"; Then, within the i-frame, you will have access to the variable, using the parent object: console.log(parent.whatevah) // 123 This will not work in preview mode, only on published page. In preview mode, everything is i-frames, so you will have to go through extensive messaging among containers. Having said so, you can have two-way interchange of information between the lightbox and the parent, by using the messaging protocol. For example, if you want to set a parent document variable through the i-frame. You can read more about it here

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Stavros_Souvatzis
3 years ago

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