non-javascript popup window

[gibbittynyc]

Is there a way in which to code a popup window without using javascript?

[BlobFisk]

Stating the obvious:

You could use target="_blank" on your anchors... but then you won't have control over the new windows size etc. (unless you do this with JavaScript in the new window).

[gibbittynyc]

Yes this works and you can actually code the window size in the string. My issue is creating a redirect off the new popup to another url. Can this be done without using JavaScript as well? Thanks for the help.

[BlobFisk]

How about using the META refresh tag to do this?

[gibbittynyc]

thank you very much. this has done the trick very nicely.

[BlobFisk]

My pleasure, gibbittynyc.

How did you put the window size in the (url?) string? I've never seen this done and I'd be interested in seeing your code.

TIA

[gibbittynyc]

<a href="http://your url.html" target="_blank" onclick="if (window.open) {Console=window.open(this.href,this.target,'toolbar =yes,location =no,directories =no,status =no,menubar =no,scrollbars =no,resizable =yes,width =400,height =300'); return false;} else { return true</a>

[Sinner_G]

Now maybe I'm wrong (don't think so though), but wasn't the point to NOT use JS? AFAIK, window.open is JS.

[gibbittynyc]

yes you are right, but when used inside of html this way it wont break on non-javascript enabled browsers.

[Donna_McG]

Maybe I'm missing something, but where does the <a tag end?

[BlobFisk]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld, Donna_McG!

You're right there is no closing > on the anchor tag.

but when used inside of html this way it wont break on non-javascript enabled browsers.

I'm not too sure about this. It is javascript and won't run if the browser has javascript disabled...

[korkus2000]

BlobFisk I think they mean that if you don't have javascript enabled you can still go to the href="location". Putting the code directly in the onlclick or calling a function is really personal preference.

congrats BTW on reaching 1000 posts.

[BlobFisk]

Of course, silly me and apologies gibbittynyc! I must remember to keep repeating "read the post properly, read the post properly"!

>congrats BTW on reaching 1000 posts.

Cheers!

[edited by: BlobFisk at 4:00 pm (utc) on May 28, 2003]

[Donna_McG]

Seems to work if you add a semi-colon after true, close the curly bracket, quote, and angle bracket. :)

Another dilemma:
How can you get the popup to appear "dead-center" in the browser window? I have used "left=?" "top=?" and "screenx=?" "screeny=?" to try to move it around in the page with little satisfaction.

[BlobFisk]

You can do this using javascript by calculating the available width of the browser, half it and take away half the width of your popup window. Do this again for the height and you have your top and left values.

[Donna_McG]

OK -- now I'm LOL -- wasn't the whole point of this thing to NOT USE javascript?

[BlobFisk]

I don't think that there is any way of getting a popup to position itself in the centre without using JavaScript. You have the top and left (xpos, ypos) attributes, but in the variable environment that is your users computers, that won't work.