restoring popup window to top?

[Rich West]

I have thumbnails images and when clicked, I'd like to open a new window
with a larger view. So far, no problems with that. But when the larger
image popup window is already open (from a previous click on the link), I'd
like the larger view window to come to the top. As it is now, if the popup
is open and behind another window, it just appears as if the link isn't
working.

I've only put in the code in for the first picture - golden landscape:
http://www.tsmithstudio.com/landscapes.html ( I know the rest of the site
is pretty broken - I'm changing things as per the suggestions some great
people in this this group to eliminate the absolute positioning.)

Thanks in advance, Rich West

 

[m]

I have thumbnails images and when clicked, I'd like to open a new window
with a larger view. So far, no problems with that. But when the larger
image popup window is already open (from a previous click on the link),
I'd like the larger view window to come to the top. As it is now, if the
popup is open and behind another window, it just appears as if the link
isn't working.

Send .....focus() to the window being opened.
YMMV.
Better methods than popups are available;
I never use them anymore.
http://www.mbstevens.com/howtothumb/
may be of help.

 

[William Tasso]

I have thumbnails images and when clicked, I'd like to open a new
window with a larger view.

Check your context sensitive menu - most recent graphical browsers have some
facility for opening links in a new tab/window.

...
it is now, if the popup is open and behind another window, it just
appears as if the link isn't working.

which it probably isn't unless the pop-stopper is broken/disabled

 

[Steve R.]

Rich West wrote in message ...

As it is now, if the popup
is open and behind another window, it just appears as if the link isn't
working.

Put a small notice *IN CLEAR TEXT* to close the window after viewing. On my
monitor your text next to the images is barely legible.

 

[brucie]

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http://www.tsmithstudio.com/landscapes.html

it would look much better without the scrolling div

 

[DU]

Check your context sensitive menu - most recent graphical browsers have some
facility for opening links in a new tab/window.

The link is coded in a manner that it should open in a new separate
window. Here you're suggesting that the user does that by himself. The
thing is that if he does that, he will open a second separate window (an
unnamed one, a "_blank" one) with the exact same content.

which it probably isn't unless the pop-stopper is broken/disabled

No, sorry, but that's not it. The original post refer to a real and very
frequent problem with secondary windows. The methods open() and focus()
are distinct and doing well delimited actions. When clicking the link
triggering the open() call, the creation of the window is done: so the
function is not executed and the window is still maintained behind the
opener.

DU

 

[DU]

I have thumbnails images and when clicked, I'd like to open a new window
with a larger view. So far, no problems with that. But when the larger
image popup window is already open (from a previous click on the link), I'd
like the larger view window to come to the top. As it is now, if the popup
is open and behind another window, it just appears as if the link isn't
working.

I understand. Examine these documents carefully (and the js functions):

http://www10.brinkster.com/doctorunclear/HTMLJavascriptCSS/EnlargeThumbnail.html

http://www10.brinkster.com/doctorunclear/HTMLJavascriptCSS/DynamicInsertionDOMImageInPopup.html

http://www10.brinkster.com/doctorunclear/Netscape7/Popup/PopupAndNetscape7.html#RaiseLowerSetting

I've only put in the code in for the first picture - golden landscape:
http://www.tsmithstudio.com/landscapes.html ( I know the rest of the site
is pretty broken

IMO, your code needs a lot of tuning. For starters, I would choose a
color of text so that the color constrast with the background color
would be stronger: it's difficult to read right now (as someone in this
thread also mentioned). Also, having the #scroller with overflow:scroll
and overflow-y: hidden is quite wrong. It should be overflow:auto and to
drop MSIE-only overflow-y.

DU

- I'm changing things as per the suggestions some great

 

[DU]

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it would look much better without the scrolling div

Brucie, where is your butterflies demo? This is all I have on it:
http://usenet.alt-html.org/brucies/butterflies/01/01/15

DU

 

[brucie]

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Brucie, where is your butterflies demo?
http://butterflies.bruciesusenetshit.info/

This is all I have on it:
http://usenet.alt-html.org/brucies/butterflies/01/01/15

that'll teach you to miss staff meetings.

 

[Leif K-Brooks]

Brucie, where is your butterflies demo?

http://butterflies.bruciesusenetshit.info/