Opening a New Window with no toolbars etc - ASP / Active Server Pages

"anon" <an**@anon.comwrote in message
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I have a page where the ASP script create a table of links

i.e.
1 = NextPage.asp?Item=1
2 = NextPage.asp?Item=2

etc

What I would like to do is open an new window with this link without any
toolbars, addressbars, scrollbars and tabs. I would be happy even if the
control to limit the appearance of the new window was in the new asp page.

Any suggestions or pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Take look at this code:-

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function displayItem()
{
var url = "NextPage.asp?item=" + this.getAttribute("itemID");
window.open(url, "_blank", "toolbar=no, menubar=no, location=no,
scrollbars=no")
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div><a href="javascript:void(0)" itemID="1"
onclick="displayItem.call(this)">Item 1</a></div>
<div><a href="javascript:void(0)" itemID="2"
onclick="displayItem.call(this)">Item 2</a></div>
</body>
</html>

The key thing to note is the use of the window.open method.
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Jun 27 '08 #3

Adrienne Boswell

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "anon" <an**@anon.comwriting in
news:53**********************************@microsof t.com:

I have a page where the ASP script create a table of links

i.e.
1 = NextPage.asp?Item=1
2 = NextPage.asp?Item=2

etc

What I would like to do is open an new window with this link without
any toolbars, addressbars, scrollbars and tabs. I would be happy even
if the control to limit the appearance of the new window was in the
new asp page.

Any suggestions or pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Rob

This is off topic for this group, but with that said, stop wanting that.
Let the user decide if they want to open a new window. Opening new
windows, especially without chrome, breaks the back button and can be
confusing to the user. There is also the issue of memory, especially on
systems with little memory, and systems that are using dial-up.

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Jun 27 '08 #4

"Adrienne Boswell" <ar****@yahoo.comwrote in message
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Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "anon" <an**@anon.comwriting in
news:53**********************************@microsof t.com:

I have a page where the ASP script create a table of links

i.e.
1 = NextPage.asp?Item=1
2 = NextPage.asp?Item=2

etc

What I would like to do is open an new window with this link without
any toolbars, addressbars, scrollbars and tabs. I would be happy even
if the control to limit the appearance of the new window was in the
new asp page.

Any suggestions or pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Rob

This is off topic for this group, but with that said, stop wanting that.
Let the user decide if they want to open a new window. Opening new
windows, especially without chrome, breaks the back button and can be
confusing to the user. There is also the issue of memory, especially on
systems with little memory, and systems that are using dial-up.

Well thats a matter of perspective. If you are developing an intranet style
application then for example the opening of new windows to show a more
detailed view of an item displayed in summary in a list of similar items is
quite a common and very natural requirement.

--
Anthony Jones - MVP ASP/ASP.NET

Jun 27 '08 #5

Adrienne Boswell

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "Anthony Jones"
<An*@yadayadayada.comwriting in
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"Adrienne Boswell" <ar****@yahoo.comwrote in message
news:Xn****************************@69.28.186.121. ..
>Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "anon" <an**@anon.comwriting
in news:53**********************************@microsof t.com:

I have a page where the ASP script create a table of links

i.e.
1 = NextPage.asp?Item=1
2 = NextPage.asp?Item=2

etc

What I would like to do is open an new window with this link
without any toolbars, addressbars, scrollbars and tabs. I would be
happy even if the control to limit the appearance of the new window
was in the new asp page.

Any suggestions or pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Rob

This is off topic for this group, but with that said, stop wanting
that. Let the user decide if they want to open a new window. Opening
new windows, especially without chrome, breaks the back button and
can be confusing to the user. There is also the issue of memory,
especially on systems with little memory, and systems that are using
dial-up.

Well thats a matter of perspective. If you are developing an intranet
style application then for example the opening of new windows to show
a more detailed view of an item displayed in summary in a list of
similar items is quite a common and very natural requirement.

The OP never said it was for an intranet, hence my response.
Additionally, the OP indicates these links are for pages in a series.
New windows should not be opened for links in a series, that's what the
back and forward buttons are for, eg.

<link rel="next" href="page3.asp">
<link rel="previous" href="page1.asp">

A conforming browser will also display that information in its chrome.
A breadcrumb trail would be even better, but not new windows.

--
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Jun 27 '08 #6

"Adrienne Boswell" <ar****@yahoo.comwrote in message
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Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "Anthony Jones"
<An*@yadayadayada.comwriting in
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"Adrienne Boswell" <ar****@yahoo.comwrote in message
news:Xn****************************@69.28.186.121. ..
Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "anon" <an**@anon.comwriting
in news:53**********************************@microsof t.com:

I have a page where the ASP script create a table of links

i.e.
1 = NextPage.asp?Item=1
2 = NextPage.asp?Item=2

etc

What I would like to do is open an new window with this link
without any toolbars, addressbars, scrollbars and tabs. I would be
happy even if the control to limit the appearance of the new window
was in the new asp page.

Any suggestions or pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Rob

This is off topic for this group, but with that said, stop wanting
that. Let the user decide if they want to open a new window. Opening
new windows, especially without chrome, breaks the back button and
can be confusing to the user. There is also the issue of memory,
especially on systems with little memory, and systems that are using
dial-up.

Well thats a matter of perspective. If you are developing an intranet
style application then for example the opening of new windows to show
a more detailed view of an item displayed in summary in a list of
similar items is quite a common and very natural requirement.

The OP never said it was for an intranet, hence my response.

As I said its matter of perspective. The OP didn't say it wasn't for an
intranet either. What is clear is that the OP wants behaviour commonly
found in application oriented pages which do tend to be found more in the
intranet 'style' application.

Additionally, the OP indicates these links are for pages in a series.
New windows should not be opened for links in a series, that's what the
back and forward buttons are for, eg.

<link rel="next" href="page3.asp">
<link rel="previous" href="page1.asp">

Again another matter of perspective. You've drawn that conclusion purely
from the name of a target page 'nextpage.asp'. However I don't see that
requirement in the text which clearly indicates the OP wants to keep the
window holding a list of items open and create a new window to display the
details of a specific item.

A conforming browser will also display that information in its chrome.
A breadcrumb trail would be even better, but not new windows.

Yet another matter of perspective, why is breadcrumb better? I know in some
applications the user may want to open two items and display them side by
side for comparison or cut'n'paste content form one to another.
--
Anthony Jones - MVP ASP/ASP.NET

Jun 27 '08 #7

Dave Anderson

Anthony Jones wrote:

window.open(url, "_blank", "toolbar=no, menubar=no, location=no,
scrollbars=no")

All of which I can override in my browser.

To see this in action, open such a window in Firefox with the [Web
Developer] extension installed. Right-click in the "featureless" window and
select [Web Developer] --[Miscellaneous] --[Show Window Chrome].

I agree with Adrienne. Stop wanting that. Or implement your own "window"
with some AJAX and a draggable DIV.

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Jun 27 '08 #8

Bob Barrows [MVP]

Dave Anderson wrote:

Anthony Jones wrote:
>window.open(url, "_blank", "toolbar=no, menubar=no, location=no,
scrollbars=no")

All of which I can override in my browser.

.... which is something most intranet application users certainly do not
know how to do (at least the ones in the place I'm working - YMMV).

That said, I agree with your recommendation to use a div relieving you
of the hassles of dealing with users with popup blockers.

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Jun 27 '08 #9

Dave Anderson

"Bob Barrows [MVP]" wrote:

>All of which I can override in my browser.

... which is something most intranet application users certainly
do not know how to do (at least the ones in the place I'm working
- YMMV).

To which I assert that the OP is not worried about that set of users anyway.

Ironically enough, he could get the desired features almost for free with
the ASP.NET AJAX Toolkit. It's ironic because ASP.NET questions in here
yield mild admonishments to read before posting.

http://ajax.asp.net/ajaxtoolkit/
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Jun 27 '08 #10

Bob Barrows [MVP]

Dave Anderson wrote:

"Bob Barrows [MVP]" wrote:

>>All of which I can override in my browser.

... which is something most intranet application users certainly
do not know how to do (at least the ones in the place I'm working
- YMMV).

To which I assert that the OP is not worried about that set of users
anyway.

Ironically enough, he could get the desired features almost for free
with the ASP.NET AJAX Toolkit. It's ironic because ASP.NET questions
in here yield mild admonishments to read before posting.

http://ajax.asp.net/ajaxtoolkit/

I've been thinking for some time that perhaps it's time to expand the
scope of this group to include client-side scripting questions,
especially when overlap occurs which is certainly the case with xmlhttp
issues.

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Jun 27 '08 #11

Dave Anderson

"Bob Barrows [MVP]" wrote:

I've been thinking for some time that perhaps it's time to
expand the scope of this group to include client-side scripting
questions, especially when overlap occurs which is certainly
the case with xmlhttp issues.

Not to mention the overall decline in the number of posts. I have long
agreed that most DHTML questions are "close enough" to warrant a response in
here, and AJAX blurs that line even more.

Contrast that with the way we routinely respond to SQL, ADO, and CDO
questions. It would get quite boring in here quite quickly without those,
and they are not really ASP topics.

I agree with Bob.
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Jun 27 '08 #12

"Bob Barrows [MVP]" <re******@NOyahoo.SPAMcomwrote in message
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Dave Anderson wrote:
Anthony Jones wrote:
window.open(url, "_blank", "toolbar=no, menubar=no, location=no,
scrollbars=no")
All of which I can override in my browser.

... which is something most intranet application users certainly do not
know how to do (at least the ones in the place I'm working - YMMV).

That said, I agree with your recommendation to use a div relieving you
of the hassles of dealing with users with popup blockers.

Bob, Which pop-up blockers block the use of window.open entirely even as a
result of user events such as a mouse click?

--
Anthony Jones - MVP ASP/ASP.NET

Jun 27 '08 #13

"Dave Anderson" <NP**********@spammotel.comwrote in message
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Anthony Jones wrote:
window.open(url, "_blank", "toolbar=no, menubar=no, location=no,
scrollbars=no")

All of which I can override in my browser.

To see this in action, open such a window in Firefox with the [Web
Developer] extension installed. Right-click in the "featureless" window

and

select [Web Developer] --[Miscellaneous] --[Show Window Chrome].

I agree with Adrienne. Stop wanting that. Or implement your own "window"
with some AJAX and a draggable DIV.

I OTH disagree. If a user wants to put windows features back on to a window
thats fine. I don't see why thats a problem. The problem with a draggable
div (on top of the added complexity of AJAX) is that its restricted to the
client area of the existing browser window. If you wanted to allow multiple
views of various items even further complexity is needed. Window.open is
simple and effective.

--
Anthony Jones - MVP ASP/ASP.NET

Jun 27 '08 #14

JS opening two windows instead of one

"Bob Barrows [MVP]" <re******@NOyahoo.SPAMcomwrote in message
news:e6**************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

Dave Anderson wrote:
"Bob Barrows [MVP]" wrote:
>All of which I can override in my browser.

... which is something most intranet application users certainly
do not know how to do (at least the ones in the place I'm working
- YMMV).
To which I assert that the OP is not worried about that set of users
anyway.

Ironically enough, he could get the desired features almost for free
with the ASP.NET AJAX Toolkit. It's ironic because ASP.NET questions
in here yield mild admonishments to read before posting.

http://ajax.asp.net/ajaxtoolkit/

I've been thinking for some time that perhaps it's time to expand the
scope of this group to include client-side scripting questions,
especially when overlap occurs which is certainly the case with xmlhttp
issues.

That's easy enough just answer the client-side questions (such as this one).
;)

--
Anthony Jones - MVP ASP/ASP.NET

Jun 27 '08 #15

Bob Barrows [MVP]

Anthony Jones wrote:

"Bob Barrows [MVP]" <re******@NOyahoo.SPAMcomwrote in message
news:%2***************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>Dave Anderson wrote:
>>Anthony Jones wrote:
window.open(url, "_blank", "toolbar=no, menubar=no, location=no,
scrollbars=no")

All of which I can override in my browser.

... which is something most intranet application users certainly do
not know how to do (at least the ones in the place I'm working -
YMMV).

That said, I agree with your recommendation to use a div relieving
you of the hassles of dealing with users with popup blockers.

Bob, Which pop-up blockers block the use of window.open entirely even
as a result of user events such as a mouse click?

None that i know of. I was thinking of the use of window.open in other
e3vents.

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Jun 27 '08 #16

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