Problem closing ModalPanel

[zacwolfe]

I'm trying to use ModalPanel to block user input whenever there's a potentially long-running ajax call happening. I'm able to display the modal panel initially but when I try to close it after the ajax call is complete I'm getting a JS error here:

function hideProgressPanel() {
 RichFaces.hideModalPanel('progressPanel');
}

The error is "Object doesn't support this property or method".

Thanks in advance

[zacwolfe]

Additional info: if I attach javascript to the close button on the panel itself, it works fine:

<mp:modalPanel ....>

...

<f:facet name="controls">
 <h:graphicImage value="/images/ico_close.gif" onclick="Richfaces.hideModalPanel('workingPanel');" />
</f:facet>

...
</mp:modalPanel>

Only when I try to call javascript from the parent page do I have a problem.

[sergeysmirnov]

similar task: http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4060361#4060361

I am just curious. Why you use mp:modalPanel, but not rich:modalPanel?

Both code snippets have different names for panel. So, I cannot be sure about such banal problem as typo.

[zacwolfe]

Thanks for the reply.

Yes I accidentally entered mismatched names when I typed in the snippet, but (unfortunately) not in my actual code--but good catch.

Anyway, the link you gave me helped immensely. I wasn't aware of the ajax4jsf status tag, it's exactly what I needed and its working now. I don't know why my javascript call didn't work--I suspect its some kind of JS scoping issue--but at least for now I don't care :-)

Thanks!