Shutting down _blank windows

#1

Hi All,

I have designed some pages for my freelance writer / photographer friend,
whereby I click on a menu item and clips of her articles appear in a new window
(using target "_blank"). What I want to be able to achieve is that when
someone has read the article, then they can click a hyperlink or button, which
will close the window down. I know that it can be easily achieved by just
clicking on the x botton in the top right hand corner of the window, but I'd
like to know if I can do this and encorporate it into the website.

Thanks

Stuart

Cheers

Stuart

#2

You can do this very easily with javascript:

create a function:

function CloseWindow() {
window.close();
}

In your button or link add the onclick event handler and call the
CloseWindow function

onClick="CloseWindow();"

That should do the trick.

Hope this helps.
-D-

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

Quote:

Hi All,

I have designed some pages for my freelance writer / photographer friend,
whereby I click on a menu item and clips of her articles appear in a new
window
(using target "_blank"). What I want to be able to achieve is that when
someone has read the article, then they can click a hyperlink or button,
which
will close the window down. I know that it can be easily achieved by just
clicking on the x botton in the top right hand corner of the window, but
I'd
like to know if I can do this and encorporate it into the website.

Thanks

Stuart

Cheers

Stuart

#3

Thanks -D-,

Sorry, I am have no experience with Javascript. Do I add the function in my CSS external file?

#4

Glad to help.

Add the function between the <head> tag in your html page.

<head>
<script language="javascript">

</script>
</head>

-D-

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

Quote:

Thanks -D-,

Sorry, I am have no experience with Javascript. Do I add the function in
my CSS external file?

#5

..oO(Skaterstu)

Quote:

I have designed some pages for my freelance writer / photographer friend,
whereby I click on a menu item and clips of her articles appear in a new window
(using target "_blank").

Why?

Quote:

What I want to be able to achieve is that when
someone has read the article, then they can click a hyperlink or button, which
will close the window down.

Every browser already has a properly working "close window" button.

Quote:

I know that it can be easily achieved by just
clicking on the x botton in the top right hand corner of the window, but I'd
like to know if I can do this and encorporate it into the website.

GUI controls can never be replaced with something equally reliable.
While you can close a window with JS, it will cause problems or confuse
the visitor now and then. If JS is not available the link won't work at
all ...

Micha

#6

On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 09:26:40 +0100, Michael Fesser <netizen (AT) gmx (DOT) de>
wrote:

Quote:

GUI controls can never be replaced with something equally reliable.
While you can close a window with JS, it will cause problems or confuse
the visitor now and then. If JS is not available the link won't work at
all ...

#7

..oO(Gary White)

Quote:

script type="text/javascript"
document.write('<a href="javascript:window.close();">Close</a>');
/script

Better.

But I still consider it rather useless ... at least the above doesn't
cause usability issues.

Micha

#8

On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 14:50:11 +0100, Michael Fesser <netizen (AT) gmx (DOT) de>
wrote:

Quote:

Better.

But I still consider it rather useless ... at least the above doesn't
cause usability issues.

Exactly.

Gary

#9

How about this -

<noscript>
<script type="text/javascript">document.write("You need to enable js to see
this stuff")</script>
</noscript>

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"Gary White" <reply (AT) newsgroup (DOT) please> wrote

Quote:

On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 14:50:11 +0100, Michael Fesser <netizen (AT) gmx (DOT) de
wrote:

Better.

But I still consider it rather useless ... at least the above doesn't
cause usability issues.

Exactly.

Gary

#10

..oO(Murray *TMM*)

Quote:

How about this -

noscript
script type="text/javascript">document.write("You need to enable js to see
this stuff")</script
/noscript

Too late, I've already seen something similar on a real website!

Micha

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