Popup Window Detection and Close Button Activation

andrewkooi · Aug 31, 2004

Greetings,

I do not know whether such code exist but no harm asking:

Is it possible for me to make visible a close button if the active
window is a popup window or a new window (other than the main window)?

What I mean is this:

If the present window is the main window, then the close button should
not be visible on the page. Otherwise, the close button should be made
visible and active (i.e. can be clicked to close the window).

Any help is much appreciated.

rf · Aug 31, 2004

andrewkooi wrote

Is it possible for me to make visible a close button if the active
window is a popup window or a new window (other than the main window)?

All windows have a "close" button anyway. That X that the top right.

ZER0 · Aug 31, 2004

Is it possible for me to make visible a close button if the active
window is a popup window or a new window (other than the main window)?

Check opener property of the current window.

for example:

<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload=function(){
if (window.opener)
document.getElementById("btnClose").style.visibility="visible";
}
</script>

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Mick White · Aug 31, 2004

rf said:
andrewkooi wrote

All windows have a "close" button anyway. That X that the top right.

Or a red circle top left....
Mac OSX
Mick

andrewkooi · Sep 1, 2004

Greetings,

<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload=function(){
if (window.opener)
document.getElementById("btnClose").style.visibility="visible";
}
</script>

This code appeared to work fine in IE6 but does not work in NS7, or
even the latest versions of Opera and Mozilla. Any ideas how to
resolve this?

Thanx.

ZER0 · Sep 1, 2004

This code appeared to work fine in IE6 but does not work in NS7, or
even the latest versions of Opera and Mozilla.

This code works also in gecko-based browser (my default browser is not IE
but Firefox).
Try this page, for example:

<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled</title>
<style type="text/css">
#btnClose{margin-top:8px;display:block;visibility:hidden;}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload=function(){
if (window.opener)
document.getElementById("btnClose").style.visibility="visible";
}
</script>
</head>

<body>

<button onclick="window.open(window.location.href)">open a popup</button>

<button id="btnClose" onclick="window.close()">you are in a
<strong>popup</strong> window.<br />Click this button to close.</button>

</body>
</html>

(tested on FF)

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn · Sep 4, 2004

andrewkooi said:
Is it possible for me to make visible a close button if the active
window is a popup window or a new window (other than the main window)?

You asked that a few hours before, and my answer is still the same.
It is inappropriate to re-post within such a short amount of time
only because no one replied to date. Especially on Google Groups
postings take time to be archived, since it is only an archive of
Usenet postings.

PointedEars

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Popup Window Detection and Close Button Activation

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