Usually, I create a Resources link to a Website that the user clicks to open fully on-screen or in another Window. Occasionally, the text in a Topic will contain a URL that opens a website in a similar way. Also, I have associated URLs with images (icons) with similar results. So far so good.
Lately I've been wondering if I could open a website within the frame of a topic; or even better, have a series of Tabs for the user to select which website to open in this way.
I'm halfway there with the following code placed in the HTML editor:
<style type="text/css"></style>
<script type="text/javascript"></script>
<iframe height="350" width="98%" id="tabiframe" src="http://www.google.com"></iframe>
<form name="tabcontrol" style="margin-top: 0pt;"></form>
I can scroll through the results of a Google search within the Topic Frame; but it will jump to full-screen if I click on any link. It just makes me even hungrier to find an elegant solution - particularly with Tabs along the top supplying the URLs.
Any suggestions?
Try the following:
<object height="350" width="98%" id="tabiframe" data="http://www.google.com"></object>
You shouldn't use iframes anymore anyway as they are not supported in later versions.
By the way, which Moodle version are you using? I don't get the behavior you are describing with iframes neither in a topic summary nor in a label. This behavior is usually tied to a page such that the page when opened makes itself the top frame.
hth
<object height="350" width="98%" id="tabiframe" data="http://www.google.com"></object>
You shouldn't use iframes anymore anyway as they are not supported in later versions.
By the way, which Moodle version are you using? I don't get the behavior you are describing with iframes neither in a topic summary nor in a label. This behavior is usually tied to a page such that the page when opened makes itself the top frame.
hth
Thanks Itamar for your suggestion - I've placed it in Topic 0 and it works fine . . . probably better than my attempt because it does not cause movement on the page.
The iFrame tag is not too bad. It will still be supported by HTML 5 with the addition of 2 new attributes. I like the "page within a page" feature, as a little window on the Web for researching references without leaving the Course. I've had no problems in Chrome, Firefox and IE8. I'm designing in Moodle 1.9.9.
Regards, PJ.
The iFrame tag is not too bad. It will still be supported by HTML 5 with the addition of 2 new attributes. I like the "page within a page" feature, as a little window on the Web for researching references without leaving the Course. I've had no problems in Chrome, Firefox and IE8. I'm designing in Moodle 1.9.9.
Regards, PJ.