mfdc — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:08:01 +0000

The windows that open must have navigation via scrollbars hence regular windows would of been fine, pop ups a no no!

Megan — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:52:31 +0000

webwiz wrote: Anyone have a solution to these issues?

Um, don't use pop-up windows? Almost always a bad idea but mfdc didn't ask about that Maybe he's got a good reason for it.

teammatt3;224028 wrote: Couldn't you get the size of the monitor using screen.width and screen.height and since you have the size of the browser window, you could do some math to figure out how far from the top and left would make the browser center? I haven't done it, but it might work. IE, Opera and Firefox probably have different opinions on what constitutes the browser window, so your centering might be a bit off.

Oh, right you could do it that way. You'd also have to do some math to get what the x,y position of the top-left corenr of the window would be relative to the center of the screen. But who would go to that much trouble just to center a pop-up?

webwiz — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 16:52:52 +0000

I hesitate doing something like this, as I don't know how to do it unobtrusively.

Modern browsers allow you to stop JavaScript from resizing and moving windows. In addition, most pop-up blockers will not open a new window without permission. This adds a barrier to visitors that may well put them off. It also raises usability issues.

Anyone have a solution to these issues?

teammatt3 — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 01:02:41 +0000

Quote: You won't be able to centre the window - only position it from the top-left corner (that's explained at the bottom of that page).

Couldn't you get the size of the monitor using screen.width and screen.height and since you have the size of the browser window, you could do some math to figure out how far from the top and left would make the browser center? I haven't done it, but it might work. IE, Opera and Firefox probably have different opinions on what constitutes the browser window, so your centering might be a bit off.

mfdc — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:11:20 +0000

Bless you, thats delightful

Thanks

Megan — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:12:55 +0000

Sorry you're not getting answers to your questions! I'll take a look and see if there are any I can help with.

Are you using target_blank of a javascript pop-up to open the window? To resize a new window you'll have to use JavaScript. Here is a tutorial:

http://www.pageresource.com/jscript/jwinopen.htm

You won't be able to centre the window - only position it from the top-left corner (that's explained at the bottom of that page).