Open two windows with Window.Open()

[jfrost10]

Hey guys,

I was wondering if anyone knows if its possible to have two child windows from one parent.

Here's what I'm encountering:
1. I use window.open() to open a popup window.
2. I use window.open() again to open a different popup window
3. The second page I'm opening just opens in the first window (I can only ever have one child window at a time)

Is there a way around this?

Thanks guys!

Jack

 

[Zarcom]

I haven't really looked into this much so I am not sure if it is possible. The trick is to give the second window a different name. Kind of like how forms have names so do windows. If you can specify that name then as long as a window with the same name is not open then a new window will open. That'l do donkey, that'l do

 

[jfrost10]

Thanks Zar, I'll try different names in the js and see if it works (right now I'm not naming it anything, so that could very well be the fix)


Jack

 

[Zarcom]

hopefully anyway hey ;-) That'l do donkey, that'l do

 

[link9]

rather than the name, the handle here is going to be the key:

function popEm(){
var x = window.open('someWin.htm','1win','width=50,height=50');
var y = window.open('someOtherWin.htm','1win','width=50,height=50');
x.moveTo(0,0);
y.moveTo(200,200);
}


paul

 

[Zarcom]

Hey Jack on my system your function still closes the first window before opening the second. I changed it around a bit and this does work.

function popEm(){
var x = window.open('someWin.htm','1win','width=50,height=50');
var y = window.open('someOtherWin.htm','2win','width=50,height=50');
x.moveTo(0,0);
y.moveTo(200,200);
}
That'l do donkey, that'l do

 

[link9]

very well then... handle and name.

 

[Zarcom]

oops sorry paul. I didn't even look at your name when you posted. I thought that was Jack I was speaking to.

Not to be argumentative but the solution also works as follows with the same handles.

function popEm(){
var x = window.open('someWin.htm','1win','width=50,height=50');
x.moveTo(0,0);
var x = window.open('someOtherWin.htm','12win','width=50,height=50');
x.moveTo(200,200);
} That'l do donkey, that'l do

 

[link9]

hmmm... interesting. must be because of the dual declaration -- newing up the x var again with the var keyword.

Thanks for the info, though. I didn't know that.

 

[Zarcom]

I am guessing that is what it is I am not really sure on the specifics only that it has worked for me.

No problemo That'l do donkey, that'l do