Open links to the same window

[royyan]

I have links openning up in seperate windows. Now, I want to open a new window only if we first click on one of links. Then, all the links open only in that window. Any good ideas? Thanks!

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Instead of using a target of "_blank":

<a href="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.google.co.uk/"[/URL] target="_blank">link</a>

use a unique name instead:

<a href="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.google.co.uk/"[/URL] target="myNewWindow">link</a>

If the window named "myNewWindow" doesn't exist, it will be created. If it exists, the link will load in it.

Hope this helps,
Dan

 

[royyan]

Thanks, Dan. Your suggestion should work on most cases like this. But, my problem is, all my links are in PDF file and I have no way to make changes in those links. The good news is, all links are calling a same logging page and then redirected to the destination page. The logging page is written in ASP. I am thinking to add some codes on this page so it will only open window once. Do you have any idea how to do that?
Thanks a lot!

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Why didn't you mention the PDF thing initially? It's kind of a big factor in the whole problem, don't you think (especially given that this is the HTML forum, not a PDF scripting forum!)...

I suggest you try the Adobe Acrobat forum: forum223 - they may be more able to assist.

I cannot think of any way off the top of my head regarding client-side code that would enable you to do what you wish as, by the time the client-side page is loaded, the window is already open... And you probably cannot query the opener as it's a PDF and probably doesn't support opener.

Dan


I guess you could check the opener.frames collection... or use JS to keep track of all window opened