rave-demo-gadgets/src/main/webapp/open_views_demo.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<Module>
    <ModulePrefs title="Slideout test gadget" description="Test for slideout" author="CIT" author_email="" thumbnail=""
                 screenshot="">
        <Require feature="open-views"/>
        <Require feature="dynamic-height"/>
    </ModulePrefs>
    <Content type="html" view="default">
        <![CDATA[
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
    $(initPage);

    var popups = ['sidebar', 'dialog', 'modal_dialog']

    function initPage() {
        var viewParams = {"person":{"name":"Aaron", "lastName":"Gooch"}};
        var opt_params = {"view":"popup", "viewTarget":"", "viewParams":viewParams};

        for (var i in popups) {
            //iife to create closure and preserve value of popup at this time
            (function bindClickActions() {
                var popup = popups[i];

                $('#' + popup).click(function () {
                    var target = '#' + popup + '_output'
                    opt_params.viewTarget = popup;
                    opt_params.viewParams = {value:$('#view_param').val(), retVal: $(target).text()}

                    gadgets.views.openGadget(displayReturnValue, onPopupOpen, opt_params);

                    function onPopupOpen(site, metadata) {
                        console.log(site);
                    }

                    function displayReturnValue(retVal) {
                        if (retVal!==undefined && retVal!==null) {
                            $(target).text(retVal);
                        }
                    }
                });
            })();


        }
    }
</script>

Hey, this is a view parameter: <input id="view_param" type="text" value="yarrrgh"> </input>
<br/>
<button id="sidebar">Open Sidebar</button>
Output from sidebar: <b><span id="sidebar_output"></span></b><br/>
<button id="dialog">Open Dialog</button>
Output from dialog: <b><span id="dialog_output"></span></b><br/>
<button id="modal_dialog">Open Modal</button>
Output from modal: <b><span id="modal_dialog_output"></span></b><br/>

]]>
    </Content>
    <Content type="html" view="popup">
        <![CDATA[


<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
    $(initPage);

    function initPage() {
        var viewParams = gadgets.views.getParams();
        $('#viewParam').text(viewParams.value);
        $('#retVal').val(viewParams.retVal);

        $('#cancelButton').click(function () {
            gadgets.views.close();
        });

        $('#saveButton').click(function () {
            gadgets.views.setReturnValue($('#retVal').val());
            gadgets.views.close();
        });

                 gadgets.window.adjustHeight()

    }
</script>

Hi, I'm a popup. You sent me this view parameter: <b><span id="viewParam"></span></b><br/>
<br/>
What value do you want to return? <input id="retVal" type="text"> </input><br/>
<br/>
<button id="cancelButton">Cancel</button>
<button id="saveButton">Save</button>
]]>
    </Content>
</Module>