Why are windows opening as if base target is being used?

[paintedjazz]

I am using the following javascript to make a popup menu allow the
user to navigate to different pages on a website.
Yet it is opening windows as if I have <base target="some-name">
defined in the body.

<script language=javascript>
<!-- Begin
function navigate()
{
open(document.popupForm.popup.options
[document.popupForm.popup.selectedIndex].value,"content");
}
// End -->
</script>

This is the form:

<form name="popupForm">
<select name="popup" onchange="navigate();">
<option selected>Navigate to:
<option value="../../Library">Library
<option value="../Science">Science
<option value="Logos">Logos
</select>
</form>

Can anyone see anything that would be causing this? Thanks for any
help.

 

[Lee]

(e-mail address removed) said:

I am using the following javascript to make a popup menu allow the
user to navigate to different pages on a website.
Yet it is opening windows as if I have <base target="some-name">
defined in the body.

<script language=javascript>
<!-- Begin
function navigate()
{
open(document.popupForm.popup.options
[document.popupForm.popup.selectedIndex].value,"content");
}
// End -->
</script>

This is the form:

<form name="popupForm">
<select name="popup" onchange="navigate();">
<option selected>Navigate to:
<option value="../../Library">Library
<option value="../Science">Science
<option value="Logos">Logos
</select>
</form>

Can anyone see anything that would be causing this? Thanks for any
help.

It's doing (of course) exactly what you're telling to do.
The open() method opens a new window.
If what you really want to do is to load a new page into
the current window, you change the "location" attribute:

<form name="popupForm">
<select name="popup"
onchange="location=options[selectedIndex].value">
<option selected>Navigate to:
<option value="../../Library">Library
<option value="../Science">Science
<option value="Logos">Logos
</select>
</form>


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