Opening new window with javascript

[Peter Aitken]

I want to include a button that has rollover effects and also is a link to a
page that will open in a new window. Here's the code I am using:

<A
HREF="javascript:window.open('email_me.htm','','scrollbars=0,menubar=0,heigh
t=260,width=400,toolbar=0');"
ONMOUSEOVER="changeImagesX('EmailMe_Layer_1',
'images/EmailMe_Layer-1-over.gif'); return true;"
ONMOUSEOUT="changeImagesX('EmailMe_Layer_1', 'images/EmailMe_Layer-1.gif');
return true;">
<IMG NAME="EmailMe_Layer_1" SRC="images/EmailMe_Layer-1.gif" BORDER=0
width="140" height="25"></A>

Everything works OK - the rollovers work and when the button is clicked the
new window opens. The problem is that the original window goes blank and
displays only the text [object]. How can I do what I want and have the
original window retain its contents?

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Do you have a URL we can look at?

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HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

 

[Peter Aitken]

Try http://www.pgacon.com/testpage.htm

Thanks

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Peter Aitken

Remove the crap from my email address before using.

Do you have a URL we can look at?

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HTH,
Kevin Spencer
.Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

I want to include a button that has rollover effects and also is a link

to

a
page that will open in a new window. Here's the code I am using:

<A

HREF="javascript:window.open('email_me.htm','','scrollbars=0,menubar=0,heigh

t=260,width=400,toolbar=0');"
ONMOUSEOVER="changeImagesX('EmailMe_Layer_1',
'images/EmailMe_Layer-1-over.gif'); return true;"
ONMOUSEOUT="changeImagesX('EmailMe_Layer_1', 'images/EmailMe_Layer-1.gif');
return true;">
<IMG NAME="EmailMe_Layer_1" SRC="images/EmailMe_Layer-1.gif" BORDER=0
width="140" height="25"></A>

Everything works OK - the rollovers work and when the button is clicked the
new window opens. The problem is that the original window goes blank and
displays only the text [object]. How can I do what I want and have the
original window retain its contents?

 

[MD Websunlimited]

Peter,

The problem is that when you use the window open function as the href it expects the href to refer to the next page; so what you get
is a page with [object] in it -- the JavaScript code. To correct, use an onclick event handler with the window open function and
returning a false value, e.g,

<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="window.open(....); return false;" >

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