On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 05:06:28 -0400, DU <drunclear@hotREMOVEmail.com>
wrote:
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>Laurent Bugnion, GalaSoft wrote:
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>> Hi,
>>
>> marcy wrote:
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>>> "Laurent Bugnion, GalaSoft" <galasoft-LB@bluewin_NO_SPAM.ch> wrote in
>>> message news:3F042498.9060806@bluewin_NO_SPAM.ch...
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Carol Lyn wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Could use your assistance with this. I have a window that opens via
>>>>> onclick and it is a small window with info about a site. If the user
>>>>> is interested in visiting that site, there is a link to click that
>>>>> opens the site in a new and larger window via onclick. My question
>>>>> is, can I have the smaller window automatically close when the user
>>>>> clicks the link to visit the site? I also have a link that merely
>>>>> closes the smaller info window if the user is not interested in
>>>>> visiting the site.
>>>>>
>>>>> TIA
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> To load the link in the main window and close the small window, do:
>>>>
>>>> <A HREF="newLocation.html"
>>>> ONCLICK="opener.location=this.href;top.close()retu rn false;">
>>>> Click here</A>[/color]
>>
>>
>> Forgot a ';' here. Should be
>>
>> <A HREF="newLocation.html"
>> ONCLICK="opener.location=this.href;top.close();ret urn false;">
>> Click here</A>
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>>>>
>>>> Of course, this won't work if JavaScript is not enabled.
>>>>
>>>> Laurent
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello. Could this procedure also include window options, specifically,
>>> resizing the main window to be larger than the smaller info window that
>>> closes?
>>>
>>> Cheers,[/color]
>>
>>
>> Before I show you how to do this, note that noone likes his browser
>> window to be resized. I strongly advocate against doing this.
>>
>> However, it is technically possible to resize a window from another one,
>> with
>>
>> windowRef.resizeTo( WIDTH, HEIGHT );
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>
>In NS 6.2+ and Mozilla-based browsers (NS 6.2+, K-meleon, Phoenix,
>Firebird, Beonex, etc.), there is an user setting disableing,
>neutralizing the recourse to resizeTo. So, resizeTo() can not be
>considered as a reliable method. I personally always have this setting
>turning off resizeTo() calls.
>
>Not to mention that Bugzilla has also enhancement requests where the
>user will utlimately have more control over and absolute veto over the
>javascript requests of web developers over window dimensions. I
>wholeheartedly agree with these people since a web developer has no idea
>how big/small is a monitor screen, how acute is the eye vision of an
>user, how crowded is the window screen, etc.. and this is outside his
>range and control. Leave the window sizes to the only person who will be
>using that window: the user. He's the best person to know what's the
>best window size for his needs.
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>> For example:
>>
>> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript" TYPE="text/javascript">
>> <!--
>>
>> function closeAndResize( iWidth, iHeight, strNewLoc )
>> {
>> opener.location = strNewLoc;
>> opener.resizeTo( iWidth, iHeight );
>> top.close();
>> }
>>
>> //-->
>> </SCRIPT>
>>
>> <A HREF="http://www.galasoft-LB.ch"
>> ONCLICK="closeAndResize( 600, 800, this.href );return false;">[/color]
>
>On a 800x600 scr. res. - which is the most popular scr. res. - , the
>above instruction, if it succeeds, will create a 600x572 window because
>the requested 800 height will not fit within the available workarea for
>application. That's just a good - unintentional - example here why it is
>not recommendable to try to control the window dimensions.
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>> Click here</A>
>>
>> Don't use it ;-)
>>
>> Laurent[/color]
>
>
>DU[/color]
Yes, I have taken the advice and it works out best. Actually,
Laurent's follow-up mentioning the semi-colon made all the difference
(thank you for returning with that info) because our new window was
opening in the much smaller info window. That's why I was curious
about the ability to resize the new window. But making that
semi-colon adjustment solved that issue and the new window opens up
full while the smaller info window goes away. Perfect. Thanks, All,
for your assistance!
