window.open(... ) does not work

[Wladimir Borsov]

Inside a html page (more precicesly inside a JSP page) I defined a button.
When the user clicks this button a second browser window should pop up und load the passed
URL. I coded

<img src="mybutton.g if" onclick='window .open("http://mydomain.com", "Mytitle);' >

However when I click on the button (under Win2000 + IE5.5) no window pops up.

Why?

Are there other ways to get a new browser window?

Wladi

[Dylan Parry]

Spake Wladimir Borsov unto thee:

Are there other ways to get a new browser window?

The way I do it, if I really have to do it, is to use a link like:

<a href="page.html "
onclick="window .open('page.htm l','','width=40 0,height=400'); return
false;">link text</a>

That way you get a new window of whatever size you suggest if the
user agent supports it, but the page still opens if it doesn't. Of course,
there are millions of reasons why one shouldn't use new windows, but I am
not going to go into them.

--
Dylan Parry
http://webpageworkshop.co.uk - FREE Web tutorials and references

[Randy Webb]

Dylan Parry wrote:

Spake Wladimir Borsov unto thee:

Are there other ways to get a new browser window?

The way I do it, if I really have to do it, is to use a link like:

<a href="page.html "
onclick="window .open('page.htm l','','width=40 0,height=400'); return
false;">link text</a>

<a href="somewhere .html"
onclick="window .open(this.href ,this.target,'. ....');return false">
link text</a>

Whenever I do something like that, I usually use a function and pass the
parameters though:

<a href="somewhere .html" target="_someWi ndow"
onclick="myFunc tion(this.href, this.target);re turn false">blah blah
</a>

Makes maintenance easier.


--
Randy
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[Toby Inkster]

Wladimir Borsov wrote:

<img src="mybutton.g if" onclick='window .open("http://mydomain.com", "Mytitle);' >

You're missing a quote mark. There are better ways to do what you're doing
though:

<a href="http://example.net/" target="Mytitle "
onclick="window .open(this.href ,this.target); return false;">
<img src="mybutton.g if" alt="Go to example.net"></a>

Though popups are, of course, evil.

--
Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
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[Harlan Messinger]

wl*******@gmx.n et (Wladimir Borsov) wrote:

Inside a html page (more precicesly inside a JSP page) I defined a button.
That's not really any more precisely from the point of view of the
browser, which has no knowledge about or interest in how the HTML was
generated.
When the user clicks this button a second browser window should pop up und load the passed
URL. I coded

<img src="mybutton.g if" onclick='window .open("http://mydomain.com", "Mytitle);' >

However when I click on the button (under Win2000 + IE5.5) no window pops up.

For future reference, this isn't an HTML question, and there was no
need to post it to the HTML groups, but in any event, are you *sure*
you checked that all your quotation marks are paired correctly? I see
one that isn't closed.

--
Harlan Messinger
Remove the first dot from my e-mail address.
Veuillez ôter le premier point de mon adresse de courriel.

[Richard Cornford]

Dylan Parry wrote:
<snip>

The way I do it, if I really have to do it, is to use a link like:

<a href="page.html "
onclick="window .open('page.htm l','','width=40 0,height=400'); return
false;">link text</a>

That way you get a new window of whatever size you suggest if the
user agent supports it, but the page still opens if it doesn't.

<snip>

That isn't necessarily true. If the pop-up blocking is being done by,
for example, Opera or Mozilla the call to window open does not error, it
just returns null. The - return false - then cancels the navigation and
the user gets nothing. Similarly, if the pop-up blocking is being done
by a content inserting proxy that replaces the - window.open - function
with a non error-producing dummy then again the - return false - cancels
the navigation and the user gets nothing.

It would be nice to be able to return a value from the onclick handler
that related to the success of the - window.open - call, but no
comprehensive test for window opening success or failure within the
calling function has been devised. On the whole I think the subject line
says it all; " window.open(... ) does not work".

Richard.

[Rob Martin]

"Wladimir Borsov" <wl*******@gmx. net> wrote in message
news:ch******** *****@news.t-online.com...

Inside a html page (more precicesly inside a JSP page) I defined a button. [1] When the user clicks this button a second browser window should pop up und load the passed URL. I coded

<img src="mybutton.g if" onclick='window .open("http://mydomain.com", "Mytitle);' >
However when I click on the button (under Win2000 + IE5.5) no window pops up.
Why? [2]

Are there other ways to get a new browser window? [3]

Wladi

Hello Wladi

[1] I was looking for a button, but no - you've defined a graphic/image on
the page, not a button. Pedantic arent I?!

[2] Without going any further on whether this is valid or should work or
whatever - purely a first-look the code syntax - shouldn't there be an end
speechmark after Mytitle (as you have started an opening speechmark)?

[3] You'd best search the previous threads on this newsgroup; you'll see how
much people hate that being forced on them.

Group: dont want to hijack Wladi's thread (but is probably relevant to his
question [3]) I totally agree with all what's been said in the past, dont
like suddenly being in a new window and having to manage it, but what are
thoughts on entering a web "applicatio n" ie interactive application not
static pages. An example go to www.amp.com.au and click on "Login" - how
would what happens there be better? Stay in the same window and keep links
within the 'application' part back to the 'launching static page' part?
(which sounds ok to me). Same for internet banking
(www.commbank.com.au/netbank and click 'start netbank', similar stuff.

Cheers
Rob

[Randy Webb]

Rob Martin wrote:

"Wladimir Borsov" <wl*******@gmx. net> wrote in message
news:ch******** *****@news.t-online.com...

Inside a html page (more precicesly inside a JSP page) I defined a button.
[1]

When the user clicks this button a second browser window should pop up und

load the passed

URL. I coded

<img src="mybutton.g if" onclick='window .open("http://mydomain.com",

"Mytitle);' >

However when I click on the button (under Win2000 + IE5.5) no window pops

up.

Why? [2]

Are there other ways to get a new browser window? [3]

Wladi

Hello Wladi

[1] I was looking for a button, but no - you've defined a graphic/image on
the page, not a button. Pedantic arent I?!

[2] Without going any further on whether this is valid or should work or
whatever - purely a first-look the code syntax - shouldn't there be an end
speechmark after Mytitle (as you have started an opening speechmark)?

[3] You'd best search the previous threads on this newsgroup; you'll see how
much people hate that being forced on them.

Group: dont want to hijack Wladi's thread (but is probably relevant to his
question [3]) I totally agree with all what's been said in the past, dont
like suddenly being in a new window and having to manage it, but what are
thoughts on entering a web "applicatio n" ie interactive application not
static pages. An example go to www.amp.com.au and click on "Login" - how
would what happens there be better? Stay in the same window and keep links
within the 'application' part back to the 'launching static page' part?

Yes. Instead of opening a new window, simply navigate to
https://onlineservices.amp.com.au/lo...vicesLogon.asp
And have that navigate back to where you want it to go.
(which sounds ok to me). Same for internet banking
(www.commbank.com.au/netbank and click 'start netbank', similar stuff.

That one could navigate straight to:
https://www1.netbank.commbank.com.au...k/bankmain.htm
And then go from there.

Typically, if a site thinks it *requires* a popup, its an indication of
lack of knowledge on the part of the web-masters.

--
Randy
comp.lang.javas cript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq

[Neal]

On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 23:28:20 +0200, Wladimir Borsov <wl*******@gmx. net>
wrote:

Inside a html page (more precicesly inside a JSP page) I defined a
button.
When the user clicks this button a second browser window should pop up
und load the passed
URL. I coded

<img src="mybutton.g if" onclick='window .open("http://mydomain.com",
"Mytitle);' >

However when I click on the button (under Win2000 + IE5.5) no window
pops up.

Why?

Because there is justice in the world.

[Mark Tranchant]

Wladimir Borsov wrote:

<img src="mybutton.g if" onclick='window .open("http://mydomain.com", "Mytitle);' >

However when I click on the button (under Win2000 + IE5.5) no window pops up.

Why?
Missing quote after Mytitle, perhaps?
Are there other ways to get a new browser window?

Yes. Let the user do it when *they* want to.
--
Mark.
http://tranchant.plus.com/