I'm new to javascript so I hope someone can help. I found a cool script that opens an expanding window of a specified size and feeds in the html page. It works great, in IE, but in Netscape it just changes the page you're on to the new html page, it does not open another window.
I'm trying to write something that says "if IE, open the expanding window, else open a pop-up window." I don't want a full size window because the pages I'm popping do not have navigation, so the user needs to be able to close the window when done reading the material. I really like the cool expanding window and want to be able to have this feature for IE users yet still have a viable alternative for Netscape users. (yes, I do want to have my cake and eat it too!)
I can't seem to figure this out, I've managed to get the pop-up window to load in Netscape at the same time the epanding window loads in IE, but I can't get the new html page to fill into the pop-up window.
Here is the original script for the expanding window. Can anyone help me?
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<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Begin
function expandingWindow(website) {
var heightspeed = 2; // vertical scrolling speed (higher = slower)
var widthspeed = 7; // horizontal scrolling speed (higher = slower)
var leftdist = 0; // distance to left edge of window
var topdist = 0; // distance to top edge of window
if (document.all) {
var winwidth = window.screen.availWidth - leftdist;
var winheight = window.screen.availHeight - topdist;
var sizer = window.open("","","left=" + leftdist + ",top=" + topdist + ",width=1,height=1,scrollbars=yes"
;
for (sizeheight = 1; sizeheight < winheight; sizeheight += heightspeed) {
sizer.resizeTo("1", sizeheight);
}
for (sizewidth = 1; sizewidth < winwidth; sizewidth += widthspeed) {
sizer.resizeTo(sizewidth, sizeheight);
}
sizer.location = website;
}
else
window.location = website;
}
// End -->
</script>
<BODY>
<a href=" onClick="expandingWindow(' false;">Open Tek-Tips!</a>
<p>
I'm trying to write something that says "if IE, open the expanding window, else open a pop-up window." I don't want a full size window because the pages I'm popping do not have navigation, so the user needs to be able to close the window when done reading the material. I really like the cool expanding window and want to be able to have this feature for IE users yet still have a viable alternative for Netscape users. (yes, I do want to have my cake and eat it too!)
I can't seem to figure this out, I've managed to get the pop-up window to load in Netscape at the same time the epanding window loads in IE, but I can't get the new html page to fill into the pop-up window.
Here is the original script for the expanding window. Can anyone help me?
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<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Begin
function expandingWindow(website) {
var heightspeed = 2; // vertical scrolling speed (higher = slower)
var widthspeed = 7; // horizontal scrolling speed (higher = slower)
var leftdist = 0; // distance to left edge of window
var topdist = 0; // distance to top edge of window
if (document.all) {
var winwidth = window.screen.availWidth - leftdist;
var winheight = window.screen.availHeight - topdist;
var sizer = window.open("","","left=" + leftdist + ",top=" + topdist + ",width=1,height=1,scrollbars=yes"
;for (sizeheight = 1; sizeheight < winheight; sizeheight += heightspeed) {
sizer.resizeTo("1", sizeheight);
}
for (sizewidth = 1; sizewidth < winwidth; sizewidth += widthspeed) {
sizer.resizeTo(sizewidth, sizeheight);
}
sizer.location = website;
}
else
window.location = website;
}
// End -->
</script>
<BODY>
<a href=" onClick="expandingWindow(' false;">Open Tek-Tips!</a>
<p>
