MM_openBrWindow not working in IE8

**oldcelt** · 08-27-2010 07:09 AM

HTML Code:

      <a href="b_menu1.htm" title="Baby Menu: Week 1" target="_blank" class="clickfor" onclick="MM_openBrWindow('b_menu1.htm','Baby Menu Week 1','resizable=no, width=700, height=550');return false">Baby Menu: Week 1</a><br />

This works perfectly in Opera, Chrome and Firefox but IE doesn't size the new window. Instead, it opens in a full-size window thus obliterating the base page. Also, I'm using on_blur to close the window when it loses focus and IE (only) annoyingly pops up a query box asking for confirmation.

Would appreciate any advice on this please?

Is there a limit on dimensions for a pop up window. I notice that if I get a bit too big then Opera ignores the dimensions given as well.

**coothead** · 08-27-2010 07:55 AM

Hi there oldcelt,

and a warm welcome to these forums.

The cause of your problem is this...

Baby Menu Week 1

If you change it to...

BabyMenuWeek1 or Baby_Menu_Week_1

...then IE will behave.

When coding you should avoid spacing like the plague.

coothead

**oldcelt** · 08-27-2010 10:58 AM

Hi coothead

Thanks for your welcome and the prompt reply - must have had my brain in neutral this week. So many times in the past I've fallen for that one - should know better by now.

Ken
(hairy old fart)

**oldcelt** · 08-27-2010 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by coothead

Hi there oldcelt,

and a warm welcome to these forums.

The cause of your problem is this...

Baby Menu Week 1

If you change it to...

BabyMenuWeek1 or Baby_Menu_Week_1

...then IE will behave.

When coding you should avoid spacing like the plague.

coothead

Oh, BTW, any thoughts on why Opera gives up when dimensions get beyond about 700px x 600px?

**coothead** · 08-27-2010 12:02 PM

Hi there oldcelt,

I have found no problems with my Opera's pop-up dimensions.

Try this example in your Opera....

Code:


<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
   "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<meta name="language" content="english"> 
<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Script-Type" content="text/javascript">

<title>basic popup window</title>

<style type="text/css">

#container li {
    padding:10px 0;
 }
#container a  {
    font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;
    font-size:16px;
    color:#000;
 }
#container a:hover {
    color:#f96;
 }
</style>

<script type="text/javascript">

function mypopup() {

  var mywindow;
  var w=800;
  var h=600;
  var l=(screen.width-w)/2;
  var t=(screen.height-h)/2; 
  var features='width='+w+',height='+h+',left='+l+',top='+t+',scrollbars=yes';
  var lnk=document.getElementById('container').getElementsByTagName('a');

for(c=0;c<lnk.length;c++) {
   lnk[c].onclick=function() {
if(mywindow) {
   mywindow.close();
 }
   mywindow=window.open(this.href,'myNameHere',features);
   mywindow.focus();
   return false;
   }
  }
 }

if(window.addEventListener){
   window.addEventListener('load',mypopup,false);
}
else {
if(window.attachEvent){
   window.attachEvent('onload',mypopup);
  }
 }
</script>

</head>
<body>

<ul id="container">
 <li><a href="http://www.google.com">google</a></li>
 <li><a href="http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1111081&postcount=4">oldcelt's Opera question</a></li>
 <li><a href="http://www.w3c.org">w3c.org</a></li>
 <li><a href="http://www.w3schools.com">w3schools</a></li>
</ul>

</body>
</html>

...which gives 800x600 internal dimensions in my Opera.

birdbrain

**oldcelt** · 08-28-2010 06:31 AM

Hey, thanks for going to so much trouble - looks like the title spaces were affecting Opera as well 'cos my own pages now behave properly. (I did try your code - TVM). Strange that Opera popups worked ok 'till a certain size was reached!

I'm using onBlur="window.close()" which works on all browsers except Firefox which leaves the opened window on screen behind the main browser page when focus is lost. Do you know of a cure for this by any chance - I have to admit I haven't done a search

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