window.showModalDialog method is unsupported Browser Compatibility Check

Description

The window.showModalDialog method was removed in Chrome 37, Firefox 48 and Opera 24, and has never been supported by iOS, Android and Edge.

Help

Use a lightbox or window.open or a ‘dialog’ element instead.

Applicable standards

• Android
• BlackBerry
• Chrome
• Edge
• Firefox
• Opera
• Safari
• iPhone/iPad

Change history

• 5.23 Oct 2016 Fire for Firefox 48 onward.
• 5.7 Dec 2014 Fixed false positive.
• 5.6 Sep 2014 Added.

This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: BugScriptShowModalDialog