Window size as a percentage?

[Michael Dunbar]

Is it possible to set the width and height of the window as a percentage value?

It seems to take an int that is only translated as a fixed pixel width from what I can see. Is there a means of overriding that to translate the unit as a percent?

If not, can you add it to a wishlist :)

[Atanas Korchev]

Hi Michael Dunbar,

 Setting the width or height in percentage is a bit tricky. The window detaches from its parent element once loaded and attaches to the BODY. I think some users will expect the width to be relative to the parent element instead of the BODY. If you set the width of the window to say 50% what do you expect to happen? Should the window be half the viewport wide or half the parent element?

Regards,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team

[Michael Dunbar]

Hmmm yes, I see the issue.

If using modal then the answer is easier as you would expect it to be relative to the body/view port, as the window is visually detatched from the other page elements. If not, then perhaps there is a use case to have the window size relative to a parent that is not the body/view port.

[Atanas Korchev]

Hello Michael Dunbar,

 Currently you can set the size of the window using JavaScript (preferably in its OnLoad event):

function onLoad() {
    $(this).width('50%').height('100%');
}

If you use percentage there the window will endup being relative to the viewport.

Regards,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team