how to write text into Gmail Message Body by other browser

Question

I would like to do the following:

Open a web page → login gmail → compose mail
Open other web page →　Select a bookmark, open a java webapp(worked in tomcat)
The webapp will copy some text into the above Gmail's Message Body

●if the two pages are different tabs in same browser , is it possible?

●bookmark uses bookmarklet(javascript).

I dont know , it was an interview question. – user482814 Apr 04 '11 at 04:42 — user482814, Apr 04 '11 at 04:42

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 03 '11 at 23:05

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You can try formulating something like this

http://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&to=toaddress@domail.com&su=Subject&body=message&ui=1

and open it in a browser.

answered Apr 03 '11 at 23:05

Bala R

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thank you. but the question is how to do it in Gmail which has opened in step 1 – user482814 Apr 04 '11 at 04:44

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 03 '11 at 18:19

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I don't think that's at all possible. You're talking about completely different applications.

answered Apr 03 '11 at 18:19

Wouter Lievens

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 04 '11 at 08:05

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I am not sure this is possible without exploiting any browser security flaws. A web app opened in a browser shouldn't be able to interact with anything on your computer, and especially an other browser window.

answered Apr 04 '11 at 08:05

Eilistraee

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how to write text into Gmail Message Body by other browser

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