How to "release" a pop-up window

[Johnny]

Hello, all, and TIA for any help you can offer.

I've created a page (several, actually) with a link that opens a pop-up
window. It's a pop-up window in the sense that it's smaller than the
man page and is intended to be viewed and then closed.

The problem is that if I include a link on that pop-up window HTML page,
when the link is clicked the new page opens in the pop-up window, which
is not at all what I want. I want the pop-up window and the window that
one came from to be closed out altogether first so that the new page,
the one I link to from the pop-up window, opens in the user's default
browser view and the original pages are released.

You can see a sample of the originating page with a link on it that
opens a pop-up window, whereupon you'll see a test link to google.
Please go to http://barelybad.com/map_test.htm.

If this should be done using CSS or Javascript or some other method
beyond your expertise, can you recommend where I should turn next for
help?

Thanks again for your advice.

 

[David Berry]

You want a link in the child (pop up) window to appear in the parent window
and then close the child? If so, try:

onclick="parent.location='PAGENAME.htm';self.close();return false;"

 

[Jens Peter Karlsen [FP-MVP]]

You can't close the opening window like that. And why not reuse it?
Use JavaScript for this:

window.opener.location.href = "URL"
and
self.close().
You can call both in an onclick event.

PS. CSS is for presentation not functionality.

Regards Jens Peter Karlsen. Microsoft MVP - Frontpage.

 

[JohnEGee]

Mr. Berry,

I've been trying to implement your suggestion with no success. Can you
explain in more detail?

 

[JohnEGee]

Mr. Karlsen,

I've been trying to implement your suggestion with no success. Can you
explain it in more detail?