Mouse Pointer & Open Window Behavior

I have a gallery of images that open to new Windows on my website. I'd like to
use the Open Window behavior to specify the size of the window opening instead
of using target="blank" to open a whole new browser window. However, I've
noticed that when I use the behavior, the mouse pointer no longer switches
between the default arrow icon and the tell-tale hand for links.

Is there any way to modify this so that images using the Open Window behavior
will use the hand icon, indicating its "clickability?"

Many thanks in advance!

Yes - you would do that by correctly applying the event for the behavior to
an <a> tag around the image, rather than directly to the image.

Select the image. In the Behaviors panel, click on the event, and then drop
down the list. Select "<A> onClick" rather than "onClick".

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"BrotherCaptainRace" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

I have a gallery of images that open to new Windows on my website. I'd
like to
use the Open Window behavior to specify the size of the window opening
instead
of using target="blank" to open a whole new browser window. However, I've
noticed that when I use the behavior, the mouse pointer no longer switches
between the default arrow icon and the tell-tale hand for links.

Is there any way to modify this so that images using the Open Window
behavior
will use the hand icon, indicating its "clickability?"

Many thanks in advance!

Yes - you would do that by correctly applying the event for the behavior
to
an <a> tag around the image, rather than directly to the image.

If you just want to indicate 'clickability' then you can change the cursor
via CSS:

cursor: pointer

Or, you can do as Murray stated. If you do as murray suggests, do take the
extra step and put the actual URL of the page in the HREF while you are at
it, which will make the page accessible to those without javascript and
usable for those that browse in tabbed browsers.

-Darrel

If you do what darrel suggests, make sure you add 'return false' after the
behavior call, e.g.,

onClick="MM_openBrWindow(...);return false"

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"darrel" <notreal (AT) nowhere (DOT) com> wrote

Yes - you would do that by correctly applying the event for the behavior
to
an <a> tag around the image, rather than directly to the image.

If you just want to indicate 'clickability' then you can change the cursor
via CSS:

cursor: pointer

Or, you can do as Murray stated. If you do as murray suggests, do take the
extra step and put the actual URL of the page in the HREF while you are at
it, which will make the page accessible to those without javascript and
usable for those that browse in tabbed browsers.

-Darrel

Here is what I've tried:

<a
onClick="MM_openBrWindow('/images_Content/logos_icons/image.jpg','Title','width=
494,height=420')"><img src="images_Content/thumbnails/image_TN.jpg" width="46"
height="46" border="0"></a>

But I still just keep getting the arrow pointer instead of the hand.

Make sure that the code is all on one line, and change it as follows (it's
not a link until you give it a LINK!)-

<a href="/images_Content/logos_icons/image.jpg" target="_blank"
onClick="MM_openBrWindow('/images_Content/logos_icons/image.jpg','Title','width=494,height=420');return
false"><img src="images_Content/thumbnails/image_TN.jpg" width="46"
height="46" border="0"></a>


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"BrotherCaptainRace" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Here is what I've tried:

a
onClick="MM_openBrWindow('/images_Content/logos_icons/image.jpg','Title','width=
494,height=420')"><img src="images_Content/thumbnails/image_TN.jpg"
width="46"
height="46" border="0"></a

But I still just keep getting the arrow pointer instead of the hand.

On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 15:48:14 +0000 (UTC), "BrotherCaptainRace"
<webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote:

Here is what I've tried:

a
onClick="MM_openBrWindow('/images_Content/logos_icons/image.jpg','Title','width=
494,height=420')"><img src="images_Content/thumbnails/image_TN.jpg" width="46"
height="46" border="0"></a

Change it to this:

<a href="/images_Content/logos_icons/image.jpg" target="_blank"
onClick="MM_openBrWindow('/images_Content/logos_icons/image.jpg','Title','width=
494,height=420');return false"><img
src="images_Content/thumbnails/image_TN.jpg" width="46"
height="46" border="0"></a>


Gary

Yes, that does make the arrow pointer turn into a hand, as I've been trying to
do - but in addition to opening the correctly sized window, it also opens a
second browser window with the same file. When you remove the target="_blank"
then it redirects your current page in addition to opening the smaller window.

:confused;

You have neglected to include the "return false" in the code, which both
Gary and I recommended.

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"BrotherCaptainRace" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Yes, that does make the arrow pointer turn into a hand, as I've been
trying to
do - but in addition to opening the correctly sized window, it also opens
a
second browser window with the same file. When you remove the
target="_blank"
then it redirects your current page in addition to opening the smaller
window.

:confused;