the following is on a page, when i click it - I DO NOT want the page to refresh, but only the new window which this link opens - i want to refresh that newly opened page, not the main window.
clicking the link opens the new window correctly, but refreshes the main window also (where the link lies). that is undesirable and i want to know how to stop it from doing so.
clik to open new window
clik to open new window
pl advice.
as advised below, but not working: infact it is breaking the new window, new window appears as blank window!
clik to open new window
Here's the proper way to open a link in a new window. If javascript isn't available, the link will still work.
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mywin is a window name, not a variable.
You need to store the returned wobject from window.open() in a global variable:
onclick="window.mywin = window.open('URL','mywin');">
The problem with the main window reloading is likely the href="" line. This could be causing the browser to navigate to the same page where it is presently (and therefore refreshing). You should add return false; to the js, and likely also adopt a more standard link target like href="#" which will navigate to the top of the same page without a refresh (though this will still get cancelled by the false return).
friends, it is resolved by doing this:
clik to open new window
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I want to open a link in a new tab, equivalent to the: target=_blank"
But instead of opening a new tab/window, which in my case can result in the user (old people that are bad with tech) not knowing that a new window opened, I want to open a smaller window, on top of the current window/page. This is so that the user sees the new window easily.
Is there a nice way to do this?
This can either be in code behind, or client code, it doesn't matter for me
<script type="text/javascript">
// Add this on the page that will open up.
alert('New window opened!');
</script>
How about a simple alert?
I have a problem and I think the best thing is to describe it practically:
User is on the main window (this is properly called "main-window" via JavaScript: self.name = "main-window";)
User clicks on a link that opens in a new window
From the new window, user clicks on a link like: <a href="..." target="main-window">
The expected behaviour is the browser to focus on the main window ("main-window") and open the requested page (IE and Chrome do this correctly). Firefox opens the link in the main window, but doesn't focus on it. The result is that the user wonders why the link doesn't work since he doesn't realise that it opens on the window behind the current one.
Is this a known issue? Is there any solution?
Thank you.
Every solution I've seen so far for opening a new browser window uses the target property in to set it to "_blank". This is frustrating because in some browsers it only opens a new tab AND combine that with the auto-resizing behvaiour at http://www.facebook.com/connect/prompt_feed.php?&message=test, it basically mangles my browser whenever I try updating my status from my site.
How can I be sure to open a new window when a user clicks on a link?
Thanks!
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Popups are windows, they just have some features disables. You can make a popup act like a regular window by enabling these features. For example, if you open a popup with
window.open('url', 'name', 'width=500, height=500, status=1, toolbar=1, location=1, menubar=1, resizable=1');
the window will have a toolbar, a URL bar, a status bar, menus, and it will be resizable. It will the same as any other window.
Keep in mind, however, that many browsers block window.open() under some conditions, and some of them will open new tabs if you specify a lot of features. Some are weird about it too; Chrome, for example, uses scroll bars on popups by default, but if you specifically tell it to use scroll bars in a popup (using scrollbars=1), it will open in a tab instead.
So basically there is no way to be completely sure that your page will always open in a new window, because browsers all handle this stuff differently, users can change settings too. The code above is probably your best bet if you have to have a new window, but you might want to look into other options.
window.open(URL,name,specs,replace)
function newwindow()
{
myWindow=window.open('','','width=300,height=300');
myWindow.document.write("<p>This should open in a popup</p>");
myWindow.focus();
}
There is a legitimate reason for using Target=_blank that everybody has completely overlooked, and that is when a website is written as a BOOK with chapters/pages and the Table of Contents must remain intact without using the BACK button to reload the previous page (Table of Contents). This way all a surfer needs to do is close the Target Page when finished reading and they will be back to the Table of Contents.
Lucky for us that HTML5 has reinstated the Target="_blank" code, but unfortunately the "Block Popups" must be unchecked for it to work.
I have a link on my web page. When I click it I open a new window and show content in that window.
I would like to be able, in a second time, to click again in that link and, instead of opening a new browser window/tab, to get the previous instance and put content on it.
Is it possible in some way?
Thanks in advance, greetings.
In HTML you do this by specifying a named target:
Link 2
Link 3
Link 4
All will open in the same window.
Note: If the user has their preferences set to open new windows in tabs, these will all reference the same tab (vs. window)
I'm trying to focus an existing tab when the content reloads. The usual window methods don't seem to work.
Here's whats happening: On page_1 I have a link like...
Go to my other page
If the tab doesn't exist, when the link is clicked it opens a new tab and takes focus. (Perfect)
If you then go back to page_1 and click the link again, it reloads the content in the existing tab (perfect) but doesn't focus (crap). I've tried the usual window.focus, $(window).focus methods on load with page_2 without luck.
Any recommendations?
It is impossible.
The following appears to work in IE8 and FF13:
<script type="text/javascript">
// Stupid script to force focus to an existing tab when the link is clicked.
// And yes, we do need to open it twice.
function openHelp(a) {
var tab = window.open(a.href, a.target);
tab.close();
tab = window.open(a.href, a.target);
return false;
}
</script>
Help
There is a workaround to this. Use javascript to open a window in a new tab, store a reference to that tab, and when you want to focus it; close it first and then re-open it.
if (window.existingWindow != null)
try { window.existingWindow.close(); } catch (e) { };
window.existingWindow = window.open("/your/url", "yourTabName");
We use a similar approach to opening the preview pane of the current page you're working on in our service called Handcraft where the above works as expected (we wanted the new window to always focus).
Without using a framework you can put a script block at the bottom of your page that will run once the page loads. Because it is after your HTML you can be assured that the HTML is refers to is actually available.
The script can set the focus to the element you want.