Closing a popup window and returning to main browser

[~John Hemans~]

Hi,
I'm using a popup window to show a series of pages. On the last page,
I need to close the window using a graphical button, return to the
main browser, and go to a new url.
I saw a posting on how to do this using a text hyperlink, but I can't
figure out how to do this using a graphic. Can someone help me? Here's
the text hyperlink I'm using below.

<A HREF="#" ONCLICK="opener.location='questionnaire.asp';self. close();return
false;">
Click me</A>

[HikksNotAtHome]

In article <d6**************************@posting.google.com >,
ad***@seotechnologies.com (~John Hemans~) writes:

Hi,
I'm using a popup window to show a series of pages. On the last page,
I need to close the window using a graphical button, return to the
main browser, and go to a new url.
I saw a posting on how to do this using a text hyperlink, but I can't
figure out how to do this using a graphic. Can someone help me? Here's
the text hyperlink I'm using below.

You do it the same way you make any other image a link:

<a href="#" onclick="self.close();return false"><img src="closeMe.jpg"
height="81" width="472" alt="Close The Browser"></a>

Notes:
1) There are those that believe that links shouldn't be links if it doesn't
link you anywhere.
2) You can use a button and CSS to set its background image, and use its
onclick to do the same thing. Not widely supported though.
3) I see absolutely no use in return false in a link that closes the browser.
If the browser is closed, theres nowhere for it to navigate to.
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[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

hi************@aol.com (HikksNotAtHome) writes:

1) There are those that believe that links shouldn't be links if it doesn't
link you anywhere.
I am one.
2) You can use a button and CSS to set its background image, and use its
onclick to do the same thing. Not widely supported though.

What do you mean by "not widely". Netscape 4 doesn't support the
button tag. All modern browsers do (it's basic HTML 4)

You can also do a
<input type="image" src="..." onclick="opener.location.href='..';self.close()">

The input element is very widely supported.

/L
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[HikksNotAtHome]

In article <7k**********@hotpop.com>, Lasse Reichstein Nielsen <lr*@hotpop.com>
writes:

2) You can use a button and CSS to set its background image, and use its
onclick to do the same thing. Not widely supported though.
What do you mean by "not widely". Netscape 4 doesn't support the
button tag. All modern browsers do (it's basic HTML 4)

Ooops, you are right.

You can also do a
<input type="image" src="..."
onclick="opener.location.href='..';self.close() ">

The input element is very widely supported.
I though input type="image" submitted the form?
From <URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interac...-control-types

<quote>
Creates a graphical submit button
</quote>
It falls in the "why use an element out of its context" argument. Or, am I
reading the spec wrongly?

If "modern" support is all that is needed, wouldn't:
<img src="closeWindow.jpg" onclick="opener.location.href="....";self.close()" >
Do the same thing?
<shrug>
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Randy
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[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

hi************@aol.com (HikksNotAtHome) writes:

[input type="image"]

It falls in the "why use an element out of its context" argument. Or, am I
reading the spec wrongly?
You are correct. It is a submit button, and as such doesn't make any
logical sense outside of a form.
If "modern" support is all that is needed, wouldn't:
<img src="closeWindow.jpg" onclick="opener.location.href="....";self.close()" >
Do the same thing?

Absolutely. The only reason for using the graphical submit button, is
to support NS4.

Can't you get NS4 to react to a click on an image too? (As many people
who try to make their images safe tries?)

/L
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'Faith without judgement merely degrades the spirit divine.'

[John Hemans]

Thanks for your help.
In my post I wanted to...

(a) Close the window that was open, then...
(b) Go to a different url automatically in the main browser.
Where in your code is the code section that automatically opens the new
url in the main browser screen? Can you re-post with this code included?

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[HikksNotAtHome]

In article <3f***********************@news.frii.net>, John Hemans
<ad***@seotechnologies.com> writes:

(a) Close the window that was open, then...
(b) Go to a different url automatically in the main browser.
Where in your code is the code section that automatically opens the new
url in the main browser screen? Can you re-post with this code included?

onclick="opener.location.href="someOtherURL.html;s elf.close()"

in whichever way you want to use it. So far, for NN4 compatibility, either use
an input type="image", or a link wrapped around an image tag.

<input type="image" src="closeWindow.jpg"
onclick="opener.location.href="someOtherURL.html;s elf.close()">

Or an image with a link:

<a href="noJS.html"
onclick="opener.location.href="someOtherURL.html;s elf.close()"><img
src="closeWindow.jpg"></a>
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Randy
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[HikksNotAtHome]

In article <y8**********@hotpop.com>, Lasse Reichstein Nielsen <lr*@hotpop.com>
writes:

Can't you get NS4 to react to a click on an image too? (As many people
who try to make their images safe tries?)

The only way I have ever been able to allow a click on an image in NS4 is to
wrap it with a container that supports onclick. It simple doesn't support
onclick for the img tag :-(
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