newbie help

[Tim Gill]

hi group. I'm new here- thanks for taking the time to read my question.

I am writing a link with the target="_blank" command to get it to open in a
new window. However, I'd like to constrain the size of the new window to a
smaller size- perhaps 400X400 or so. How would I do this? Also, will this
newly sized window behave normally in terms of vertical scrolling if the
content is longer than the 400X400 window? I don't want it to scroll
horizontally, though.

tia!
-TG

 

[Steve R.]

Tim Gill wrote in message ...

I am writing a link with the target="_blank" command to get it to open in a
new window. However, I'd like to constrain the size of the new window to a
smaller size- perhaps 400X400 or so.

Lots of info at this link below ...
http://tinyurl.com/2nm9a

 

[Tim Gill]

thanks a lot- good stuff

-TG

Tim Gill wrote in message ... in

Lots of info at this link below ...
http://tinyurl.com/2nm9a

 

[Sid Ismail]

: hi group. I'm new here- thanks for taking the time to read my question.
:
: I am writing a link with the target="_blank" command to get it to open in a
: new window. However, I'd like to constrain the size of the new window to a
: smaller size- perhaps 400X400 or so. How would I do this?


This is a job for Javascript:
http://www.echoecho.com/toolpopupgenerator.htm

Sid

 

[SpaceGirl]

: hi group. I'm new here- thanks for taking the time to read my question.
:
: I am writing a link with the target="_blank" command to get it to open in a
: new window. However, I'd like to constrain the size of the new window to a
: smaller size- perhaps 400X400 or so. How would I do this?


This is a job for Javascript:
http://www.echoecho.com/toolpopupgenerator.htm

Sid

A word of warning before he goes down this path; A *lot* of browers block
window.open(). The next version of IE also natually blocks them. There were
some interesting surveys recently too about popups (ie; why 70% of them are
never viewed, and the other 25% are closed inside 5 seconds). I think
there's a link to it on www.theregister.co.uk

miranda

 

[Whitecrest]

hi group. I'm new here- thanks for taking the time to read my question.
I am writing a link with the target="_blank" command to get it to open in a
new window. However, I'd like to constrain the size of the new window to a
smaller size- perhaps 400X400 or so. How would I do this? Also, will this
newly sized window behave normally in terms of vertical scrolling if the
content is longer than the 400X400 window? I don't want it to scroll
horizontally, though.

First make sure thats what you want to do.

Then if you decide it is, search google for "pop-up window maker" and it
will show you sites that will create the code for you.

 

[Sid Ismail]

On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 21:34:18 -0000, "SpaceGirl"

: A word of warning before he goes down this path; A *lot* of browers block
: window.open().


Well then... he'll have a rough time with _blank also...

Sid

 

[SpaceGirl]

On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 21:34:18 -0000, "SpaceGirl"

: A word of warning before he goes down this path; A *lot* of browers block
: window.open().


Well then... he'll have a rough time with _blank also...

Sid

naaa... redirecting to a blank window does not usually get blocked by popup
blockers. Popup blockers only block scripted events.

 

[Steve Pugh]

naaa... redirecting to a blank window does not usually get blocked by popup
blockers. Popup blockers only block scripted events.

Some do, some don't.

Steve

 

[SpaceGirl]

Some do, some don't.

Steve

I use Norton AntiSpam (which also blocks ads and popups). It doesn't seem to
block windows being opened. It seems like a daft idea anyway... to get a
window to open via HTML, a use must CLICK on something, which means the user
chose to do it. It would seem very strange to block that sort of event. On
the other hand scripted events which are generally done without the user
clicking anything are blocked, and should be nasty popups!

 

[Steve Pugh]

I use Norton AntiSpam (which also blocks ads and popups). It doesn't seem to
block windows being opened.

So that one doesn't. Some pop-up blockers work in a very aggressive
way by stopping all calls from the browser to the operating system's
window opening functions.

It seems like a daft idea anyway... to get a
window to open via HTML, a use must CLICK on something, which means the user
chose to do it.

That means he chose to visit the resource linked to from that link. It
does not mean that he chose to have that resource displayed in a new
window. That's an important difference. If a link is coded to open in
a new window then there should be something that tells the user this
before he clicks on the link.

And don't forget that the browsers themselves can (and some do) offer
the user the ability to never open new windows - so even with _blank
in the HTML the link will still open in the original window.

Steve

 

[Toby A Inkster]

I use Norton AntiSpam (which also blocks ads and popups). It doesn't seem to
block windows being opened.

Opera was (IIRC) the first of the major browsers to include built-in
pop-up blocking, but this blocked *all* pop-ups: ones opened automatically
but also ones opened as a result of user actions.

Mozilla copied this feature from Opera (as it so often does!) but also
introduced a block-unrequested-pop-ups option, which in Opera 7 got copied
back.

So certainly there are pop-up blockers that block all pop-ups.