Tickets :: Comment on [#10092] Portal button does nothing in Dimp iframe mode

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Comment	>>> However this part you are not going to like - the Portal doesn't work >>> correctly with iframes on. And I'm not sure we can realistically >>> make it work either without adding a bunch of hackish code. The >>> problem is that any link within the iframe that eventually opens up >>> IMP again (e.g. the newmail folder summary) will cause IMP to be >>> fully reloaded within the IFRAME. So you end up with 2 sidebars. >> >> Didn't you move the old dynamic portal to Horde at one point? > > Yes. And that is precisely the problem. We used to have old hackish > code embedded in the portal view code that would attempt to > workaround the living in an IFRAME issue. Not only was the code not > 100% reliable, but it was also necessarily removed when the portal > code moved to horde because it was completely dimp specific. > >>> Which begs the question - why don't we just get rid of iframe >>> entirely? It doesn't work properly, and won't ever work properly, >>> unless the proper framework is implemented in Horde (NOT IMP). >>> Until that happens, it is going to be prohibitively difficult to try >>> to support. >> >> We need it for preferences for example, and it was a requirement of >> SAPO (and makes sense for everyone using IMP, or Kronolith for that >> matter, as the main application) to stay in the ajax view when >> displaying other non-ajax Horde apps. > > I understand the reasons. The problem is that it is completely > hackishly put together. We had an opportunity to standardize this > for Horde 4, but nobody was interested. Therefore, my belief is that > it isn't appropriate to keep around if it isn't working correctly.
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