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Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks.
I just tested this in IE and it worked for me:
test.html
<html>
<head>
<title>Test</title>
<body>
<a href="test2.html" target="helpwindow">Test 2</a>
<br><a href="test3.html" target="helpwindow">Test 3</a>
</body>
</html>
test2.html
<html>
<head>
<title>Test 2</title>
<body>
Test 2
</body>
</html>
test3.html
<html>
<head>
<title>Test 3</title>
<body>
Test 3
</body>
</html>
The only issue is that the new window loses focus when I click on the Test 3 link in the original window... but the right document loads in the same window. Maybe some other complication in your actual code? This baser bones test case seems to be proof-of-concept.
This is an application that has Help links that need to be opened in separate windows (for example, so the user can see the help and the screen at the same time). I agree that for regular navigation, there's no need to "break the back button". :) But for help links, they should be opened in their own window.
and why do you want to open in new windows? It just confuses users... Don't break the back button!
4hero, If you felt the need to hijack this thread in order to condemn the use of new windows, it would've been nice if you had provided something more original than the lame, overgeneralized argument we've all heard six thousand times. Even the way you worded it seems like you just copied and pasted the statement from somewhere.
I'm a user. If i were filling out a form, I'd be majorly pissed if I were directed elsewhere and then had to use the back button to get back to the page I already spent 5 minutes filling out, regardless of whether the information was still there or not.
This thread is about making new windows work, not about whether or not they should be used. Please post something in the Accessibility & Usability Forum if you have something worthwhile to say about that.
Sorry for the rant Fotiman
Please accept my apologies.
