screenX and screenY not working properly

[Matt Stanley]

I'm trying to use a popup window script that opens the new window to a
specific X,Y coordinate... I'm pretty sure that the window.screenX and
window.screenY properties are the answer, but I'm having very little success
in making this all work in both IE and NS.

Here's my code as it stands today:

function windowOpen3(URL, windowW, windowH) {
strWindow =
'toolbar=no,status=no,scrollbars=no,location=no,menubar=no,directories=no,re
sizable=0,size=yes,width=' + windowW + ',height=' + windowH +
'screenX=100,screenY=100'
window.open(URL,'hwWindow',strWindow)
}

IE is ignoring the X,Y coordinates completely and opening the new window so
far over to the right that half of it is off-screen and NS is picking up the
screenY setting but ignoring screenX.

Am I missing something here? Please help, and TIA.

Stanman

 

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

'toolbar=no,status=no,scrollbars=no,location=no,menubar=no,directories=no,re
sizable=0,size=yes,width=' + windowW + ',height=' + windowH +
'screenX=100,screenY=100' ....
IE is ignoring the X,Y coordinates completely

Yep. They never claimed to understand it.

NS is picking up the screenY setting but ignoring screenX.

Missing "," before "screenX".

Am I missing something here? Please help, and TIA.

I recommend using "left" and "top" instead of "screenX" and "screenY".
These properties seem to work in all browsers since Netscape 4 (do tell
me if you find exceptions
<URL:http://www.infimum.dk/HTML/JSwindows.html#ref_3_2>

While it is not documented by Netscape, "left" and "top" it seems to
be supported from (at least) Netscape 4.08.
(<URL:http://devedge.netscape.com/library/manuals/2000/javascript/1.3/reference/window.html#1202731>)
I doesn't work in Netscape 3, but that's not really a problem any more.

Actually, I recommend aginst trying to position windows at all. In MDI
browsers or dual-monitor displays, it can be quite disruptive, and in other
browsers, it's usually not needed.
<URL:http://www.infimum.dk/HTML/JSwindows.html#ref_3_3>

/L

 

[Lee]

Matt Stanley said:

I'm trying to use a popup window script that opens the new window to a
specific X,Y coordinate... I'm pretty sure that the window.screenX and
window.screenY properties are the answer, but I'm having very little success
in making this all work in both IE and NS.

Here's my code as it stands today:

function windowOpen3(URL, windowW, windowH) {
strWindow =
'toolbar=no,status=no,scrollbars=no,location=no,menubar=no,directories=no,re
sizable=0,size=yes,width=' + windowW + ',height=' + windowH +
'screenX=100,screenY=100'
window.open(URL,'hwWindow',strWindow)
}

IE is ignoring the X,Y coordinates completely and opening the new window so
far over to the right that half of it is off-screen and NS is picking up the
screenY setting but ignoring screenX.

Am I missing something here? Please help, and TIA.

You're missing a comma before "screenX".
You've invented an attribute named "size".
IE ignores screenX and screenY, expecting left and top, instead.
You don't need to list attributes that are set to "no", since that
is the default if you specify values for any other attributes:

function windowOpen3(URL, windowW, windowH) {
strWindow = 'width=' + windowW + ',height=' + windowH
+ ',screenX=100,screenY=100,top=100,left=100';
window.open(URL,'hwWindow',strWindow);
}

 

[Matt Stanley]

Thanks so much for your help! That TOTALLY worked. It's always nice when
developers help each other; you guys both just made my day!

 

[Matt Stanley]

Thanks so much for your help! That TOTALLY worked. It's always nice when
developers help each other; you guys both just made my day!