window.open question

Hi there,

I have found some tutorials on opening pop-up windows. One has said that there is good and bad javascript to do this, good being code that accommodates a browser without javascript recognition. This tutorial has suggested writing the pop up window like this:

<a href="file.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;">click here</a>

This works a treat and i get the logic behind it being good code. But it didn't explain how to add the variables, such as sizing, adding/removing bars, etc. I have a list of the variables, and understand how to impliment them in the code which was deemed 'bad' (or i guess is alternative) but can't figure out how to attach them to this code above.

Could anyone please point out how to do it, or a link to a tutorial which has this information?

Many thanks,

Jules

Try something like:

<a href="file.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href, null, "height=200,width=400,status=yes,toolbar=no,menubar =no,location=no"); return false;">click here</a>

This is a good reference for what to put in those options.

Thanks for the try, but it didn't seem to work. tried a few variations and still no joy.

Another question though. I found another method:

<a href="javascript:location='../index.htm';window.open('../HELPplayerlinks.htm', 'RealPlayer Links', 'height=400,
width=420, chrome=yes, scrollbars=yes')">Get a free copy of RealPlayer</a>

which worked a treat in NN but IE just kept on returning to the location page (ie the index)...

Any suggestions,

cheers, Jules

Ok, it is very possible (due to not knowing Javascript) that i misinterpreted your post... apologies, but i have found the code in a tutorial, and it appears to work on both IE and NN. It is:


<a href="../HELPplayerlinks.htm" onClick="window.open('../HELPplayerlinks.htm', 'volc', 'status,resizable,scrollbars,width=420,height=300' );
return false">Get a free copy of RealPlayer</a>

it appears that by losing the this.href and replacing it with the url again, it works.

Thanks though.

Jules