How to open a new window in Firefox and keep the reference?

[deBaer]

Hi!

For an in-house web application (it will only be deployed on Firefox
browsers with JavaScript turned on), I need to open a preview window
(which needs to be a separate window, even if Firefox is set to open
targeted links in new tabs) and be able to change the preview window's
location.href from the opening window, even after a new page is loaded
into that window.

Is there any way to do that?

Thanks a lot,

Simon

[Erwin Moller]

de****@gmail.co m wrote:

Hi!

For an in-house web application (it will only be deployed on Firefox
browsers with JavaScript turned on), I need to open a preview window
(which needs to be a separate window, even if Firefox is set to open
targeted links in new tabs) and be able to change the preview window's
location.href from the opening window, even after a new page is loaded
into that window.

Is there any way to do that?

Thanks a lot,

Simon

Hi Simon.

window.open() returns a reference.
You can use that reference to find the window and change its location
property.

Regards,
Erwin Moller

[deBaer]

Hi!

On 3 Sep., 16:45, Erwin Moller
<Since_humans_r ead_this_I_am_s pammed_too_m... @spamyourself.c omwrote:

window.open() returns a reference.
You can use that reference to find the window and change its location
property.

Yeah, thanks, but this solution doesn't address two of my problems:
Since most people have set their browser to open new windows in a new
tab instead, this doesn't make a new window. And the reference
returned is lost as soon as the user clicks on a link in the original
window, causing it to load a new page.

All the pages I found when researching show the window.open method and
the target="whateve r" method, are those two the only ways to open a
new window?

Simon

[Martin Honnen]

de****@gmail.co m wrote:

For an in-house web application (it will only be deployed on Firefox
browsers with JavaScript turned on), I need to open a preview window
(which needs to be a separate window, even if Firefox is set to open
targeted links in new tabs) and be able to change the preview window's
location.href from the opening window, even after a new page is loaded
into that window.

Is there any way to do that?

It should be possible if you write a Firefox extension and your users
install that I think. I don't think you have a chance with unprivileged
script simply loaded from your web server.
--

Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[ASM]

En réponse à de****@gmail.co m qui écrivit, en date du : 3/09/07 16:30,
le message suivant :

Hi!

For an in-house web application (it will only be deployed on Firefox
browsers with JavaScript turned on), I need to open a preview window
(which needs to be a separate window, even if Firefox is set to open
targeted links in new tabs)

In that case, with window.open() , my Firefox always open a popup.

and be able to change the preview window's
location.href from the opening window, even after a new page is loaded
into that window.

Is there any way to do that?

<script type="text/javascript">
function pop(myFile) {
// opening popup after a small time (if not yet opened)
setTimeout( function() {
if(typeof(truc) =='undefined' || truc.closed)
truc = window.open('', 'myTarget','wid th=300,height=3 00');
// to regulary set back to main (mother) window the reference of popup
truc.onload = function() {
setInterval(fun ction() { opener.truc = self; }, 200);
}
truc.location = myFile;
truc.focus();
},
200);
return false;
}
</script>

Tested in Fx 2.0.0.6