minimizing windows in IE5

[Guest_imported]

I'm trying to minimize a window in IE5. I tried window.resizeTo(1,1), but that leaves a small window on the screen. Can anyone help?

 

[jaredn]

will you can use the self.blur() method which doesn't minimize it, but puts it behind other windows... jared@aauser.com

 

[tanderso]

why not window.resize(0,0)? Also, you could try window.moveTo(-10000,-10000) which would place it off the screen of any resolution. Then you'll have to have a function to bring it back though.
Sincerely,

Tom Anderson
CEO, Order amid Chaos, Inc.

http://www.oac-design.com

 

[jaredn]

Tom, you probably meant window.resizeTo(0,0). The problem is it preserves the browser chrome, unless you go into full screen mode first, but then I/m not sure how to get the browser chrome back.

Jorge,
window.moveTo() would work, but both of these methods may confuse the user, if they try to click on their taskbar and nothing happens - maybe onFocus check against an isminimized flag that you set and resize it back to (or better yet move it like Tom said) back to its original state. jared@aauser.com

 

[Guest_imported]

Thanks for the help. It seems like a window.minimize function is needed in javascript. I'm going to use the self.blur() instead.