Target = blank

Target = blank will open a new browser but how do you open a new small
window without all the browser stuff i.e. a little window just for comments
etc. etc.

Thanks for help in advance.

rraybould (AT) camrax (DOT) com (beware spamblocker)

"Robin Raybould" <rraybould (AT) mindspring (DOT) com> wrote:

Target = blank will open a new browser

It may, or it may not. First, the browser may disallow that. Second, the
defined meaning of target="blank" is not the same as that of
target="_blank", which is what you probably mean; see
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/www/links.html#js

but how do you open a new small
window without all the browser stuff i.e. a little window just for
comments etc. etc.

You don't, in HTML. You could use JavaScript for the purpose. There are two
ways to do that: the wrong way, and the very wrong way. The crucial
difference is what happens when JavaScript is disabled.

And you shouldn't, except in very special circumstances (and everyone
thinks his case is very special, but it almost never is). Opening new
windows automatically is among the ten most common and most harmful
mistakes in Web design, see e.g.
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9605.html

--
Yucca, http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/
Pages about Web authoring: http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/www.html

Thanks for this - Yes I meant target = _blank. I take your point about
clutter etc but what I wanted was just very small boxes on an academic text
intensive site which would give the reader who cared a little extra
information - like a foot note - in a box which could then close when read
and the reader would continue the main text. I think that would be quite
good and relieve the main text of clutter.

I have no java knowledge at all; in fact very little html ! Where can I can
get code for the little box!

Robin Raybould

"Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela (AT) cs (DOT) tut.fi> wrote

"Robin Raybould" <rraybould (AT) mindspring (DOT) com> wrote:

Target = blank will open a new browser

It may, or it may not. First, the browser may disallow that. Second, the
defined meaning of target="blank" is not the same as that of
target="_blank", which is what you probably mean; see
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/www/links.html#js

but how do you open a new small
window without all the browser stuff i.e. a little window just for
comments etc. etc.

You don't, in HTML. You could use JavaScript for the purpose. There are
two
ways to do that: the wrong way, and the very wrong way. The crucial
difference is what happens when JavaScript is disabled.

And you shouldn't, except in very special circumstances (and everyone
thinks his case is very special, but it almost never is). Opening new
windows automatically is among the ten most common and most harmful
mistakes in Web design, see e.g.
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9605.html

--
Yucca, http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/
Pages about Web authoring: http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/www.html

"Robin Raybould" <rraybould (AT) mindspring (DOT) com> wrote:

Thanks for this

Consider learning how to post to Usenet, see
http://www.xs4all.nl/%7ewijnands/nnq/nquote.html

I take your point about clutter etc but

"But" seems to me a postfix operator indicating logical negation here.

what I wanted was just very small boxes on an academic
text intensive site which would give the reader who cared a little
extra information - like a foot note

Popup windows are particular bad for such purposes. Use links, Luke.
Hints on footnote-like stuff:
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/public_html/www/fn.html

I have no java knowledge at all;

You were the first to mention java in this thread.

in fact very little html !

Then study it. I'm sure you'll find many tutorials, some of them worth
reading.

Where can I can get code for the little box!

Sorry, the information is distributed on a need to know basis,
and on other channels. As mentioned, it's not HTML.

--
Yucca, http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/
Pages about Web authoring: http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/www.html

In message <vZ6Kd.410$Yd7.141 (AT) newsread2 (DOT) news.atl.earthlink.net>, Robin
Raybould <rraybould (AT) mindspring (DOT) com> writes

Target = blank will open a new browser but how do you open a new small
window without all the browser stuff i.e. a little window just for comments
etc. etc.

Thanks for help in advance.

rraybould (AT) camrax (DOT) com (beware spamblocker)

Just enter 'pop-up windows' into Google and you'll get pointers to quite

a few tutorials on the subject.

regards.

--
Jake

"Robin Raybould" <rraybould (AT) mindspring (DOT) com> wrote in message news :

Target = blank will open a new browser but how do you open a new small
window without all the browser stuff i.e. a little window just for
comments
etc. etc.

Try this

<A HREF="javascript:void(0)"
ONCLICK="open(
'sample2.htm','miniwin','toolbar=0,location=0,dire ctories=0,status=0,menubar
=0,scrollbars=0,resizable=0,width=300,height=300') ">
Open A Window</A>

NOTE
change the name sample2.htm into into the file to be opened,
you can also change the values of width and height.

regards Robert

NOTE all text between brackets ( ) must be on ONE line, else it won't work

Robert

Try this

A HREF="javascript:void(0)"
ONCLICK="open(

'sample2.htm','miniwin','toolbar=0,location=0,dire ctories=0,status=0,menubar
=0,scrollbars=0,resizable=0,width=300,height=300') "
Open A Window</A

NOTE
change the name sample2.htm into into the file to be opened,
you can also change the values of width and height.

regards Robert

Norbtach wrote:

A HREF="javascript:void(0)"
ONCLICK="open(
'sample2.htm','miniwin','toolbar=0,location=0,dire ctories=0,status=0,menubar
=0,scrollbars=0,resizable=0,width=300,height=300') "
Open A Window</A

I see you don't like google, or anyone with JavaScript disabled to be
able to access the document. You should at least use:

<a href="sample2.html" ...>...</a>

You should also be aware that, even when JS is enabled, such functions
may fail to open a new window and, depeding on the user agent
configuration, may open a new tab or even just replace the current
window like a regular link. That's what my browser does, I find it
excessively annoying when an author decides I want a new window, since I
usually don't.

The only problem with that is that some websites require the new window
to function properly (which is the author's fault), in which case I
usually leave and find a site that does work for me.

--
Lachlan Hunt
http://lachy.id.au/
http://GetFirefox.com/ Rediscover the Web
http://GetThunderbird.com/ Reclaim your Inbox

My answer is a just what was asked:
target=_blank in a small window.
Regards Robert


"Lachlan Hunt" <spam.my.gspot (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

Norbtach wrote:
A HREF="javascript:void(0)"
ONCLICK="open(

'sample2.htm','miniwin','toolbar=0,location=0,dire ctories=0,status=0,menubar
=0,scrollbars=0,resizable=0,width=300,height=300') "
Open A Window</A

I see you don't like google, or anyone with JavaScript disabled to be
able to access the document. You should at least use:

a href="sample2.html" ...>...</a

You should also be aware that, even when JS is enabled, such functions
may fail to open a new window and, depeding on the user agent
configuration, may open a new tab or even just replace the current
window like a regular link. That's what my browser does, I find it
excessively annoying when an author decides I want a new window, since I
usually don't.

The only problem with that is that some websites require the new window
to function properly (which is the author's fault), in which case I
usually leave and find a site that does work for me.

--
Lachlan Hunt
http://lachy.id.au/
http://GetFirefox.com/ Rediscover the Web
http://GetThunderbird.com/ Reclaim your Inbox

"Norbtach" <norbtach (AT) wanadoo (DOT) nl> wrote

My answer is a just what was asked:
target=_blank in a small window.
Regards Robert


"Lachlan Hunt" <spam.my.gspot (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:42188e39$0$10077$5a62ac22 (AT) per-qv1-newsreader-01 (DOT) iinet.net.au...
Norbtach wrote:
A HREF="javascript:void(0)"
ONCLICK="open(

'sample2.htm','miniwin','toolbar=0,location=0,dire ctories=0,status=0,menubar
=0,scrollbars=0,resizable=0,width=300,height=300') "
Open A Window</A

I see you don't like google, or anyone with JavaScript disabled to be
able to access the document. You should at least use:

a href="sample2.html" ...>...</a

You should also be aware that, even when JS is enabled, such functions
may fail to open a new window and, depeding on the user agent
configuration, may open a new tab or even just replace the current
window like a regular link. That's what my browser does, I find it
excessively annoying when an author decides I want a new window, since I
usually don't.

The only problem with that is that some websites require the new window
to function properly (which is the author's fault), in which case I
usually leave and find a site that does work for me.

--
Lachlan Hunt
http://lachy.id.au/
http://GetFirefox.com/ Rediscover the Web
http://GetThunderbird.com/ Reclaim your Inbox

heres some code:

put this in your head...
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function popup(URL) {
day = new Date();
id = day.getTime();
eval("page" + id + " = window.open(URL, '" + id + "', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=0,location=0,statusbar=0,men ubar=0,resizable=0,width=355,height=350,left = 312,top = 246.5');");
}
</script>

and then this as your link in the body: <a href="javascriptopup(page.html)>

you might need to enclose the words page.html in inverted commas, i can't remember.