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TIMEX

Reputation: 271794

Opening new window in HTML for target="_blank"

<a href="facebook.com/sharer" target="_blank" >Share this</a>

How do I make this a certain width and height, in a new window, when the user clicks on it? In firefox, the current code only opens up a new tab (not a new window)

Upvotes: 45

Views: 181855

Answers (3)

Marcos Placona
Marcos Placona

Reputation: 21720

To open in a new windows with dimensions and everything, you will need to call a JavaScript function, as target="_blank" won't let you adjust sizes. An example would be:

<a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer" onclick="window.open(this.href, 'mywin',
'left=20,top=20,width=500,height=500,toolbar=1,resizable=0'); return false;" >Share this</a>

Upvotes: 134

Ben Zotto
Ben Zotto

Reputation: 71008

You don't have that kind of control with a bare a tag. But you can hook up the tag's onclick handler to call window.open(...) with the right parameters. See here for examples: https://developer.mozilla.org/En/DOM/Window.open

I still don't think you can force window over tab directly though-- that depends on the browser and the user's settings.

Upvotes: 2

Pekka
Pekka

Reputation: 449465

You can't influence neither type (tab/window) nor dimensions that way. You'll have to use JavaScript's window.open() for that.

Upvotes: 3

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