[buddypress-trac] [BuddyPress Trac] #6604: BuddyPress Modal Iframe

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#6604: BuddyPress Modal Iframe
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 Reporter:  imath          |      Owner:
     Type:  idea           |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |  Milestone:  2.4
Component:  API - Avatars  |    Version:
 Severity:  normal         |   Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion
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 While working on #6570, i've felt we'll surely need to have a BuddyPress
 modal (or a BuddyPress iframe). As the BuddyPress attachments scripts are
 loading only once per page load, it would help us for instance to be able
 to set the Avatar and the Cover image of a user or a group inside their
 corresponding Edit Administration screen.

 Another option would be to have a massive javascript files to house code
 for the Avatar/The cover Image (and future attachment features), or some
 "require" js functionnalities.

 This could also reply to a suggestion @dimensionmedia shared in slack
 about being able to set the cover image directly from any page of the
 user's profile thanks to a link into the new "fancy" header.

 I think this new modal box could also be interesting to use for other
 needs in the future (eg: inserting some BuddyPress content into the WP
 Editor, into the Activity What's new form, opening an activity post form
 from any places of the site...).

 So i've been working on a patch about this :
 - It extends (in a way the Thickbox feature) by adding a button to display
 the content of the window on the full available height, by including some
 functions to "dialog" with the opener, by making it more responsive (on
 front-end and in back-end) and better looking :)
 - It uses a specific template (`assets/modal.php`) with specific actions
 to print only the js and css we need.
 - I've included 2 examples of use : replace the way we edit a user profile
 photo within the Administration screen and add a new metabox to manage the
 group avatar in the corresponding Administration screen.

 Here's a screenshot of the Group's Administration Screen :
 [[Image(https://cldup.com/34iNmZJlGg.png)]]

 I've set the milestone to 2.4 because i think if we want to be able to
 manage a cover image within Administration screens, we need it.

 What do you think?

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