<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)
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1In Firefox it opens in a new tab instead because the majority of users hate popup windows. Please bear this in mind before opening a popup.– bobinceMar 29, 2010 at 22:17
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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>
Hope this helps you.
answered Mar 29, 2010 at 21:30
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@mplacona I prefer
javascript:;, because if you have # and hit return on the keyboard the page will not get refreshed but with this works like a charm– antMar 29, 2010 at 21:39 -
20This is just horrible for accessibility, usability, and SEO. Never, ever,
javascript:. To stop a#link scrolling to the top, justreturn falsein theclickevent handler. But a link without a properhrefis a good sign you are doing something wrong. Either have a button for an action that goes nowhere, or, in cases like this where there is a real URL to link to, put it in thehrefand read it from the handler.<a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer" onclick="open(this.href, '_blank', '...'); return false;">...</a>.– bobinceMar 29, 2010 at 22:14 -
5thanks for that @bobince. Besides your harsh -1, I guess I learned something off you, and made my example better. Mar 29, 2010 at 22:32
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You can't influence neither type (tab/window) nor dimensions that way. You'll have to use JavaScript's window.open() for that.
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.
answered Mar 29, 2010 at 21:28
