[Javascript] window.open() not working in onLoad() of Mozilla 1.5

Mon May 3 03:08:57 CDT 2004

Some more thoughts. Since onload is a javascript event "hook" the 
javascript:-prefix should be omitted. In XHTML/XML all attributes should 
be lowercase, so <body onload="alert('howdy, yall!')"> should definately 
work.

I would first launch a alert like this, then move the alert to the 
function you are calling to make sure the function gets called in the 
first place. If you get an alert and there's no window still, I'd alert 
the window object to see that it gets created. If everything STILL seems 
correct, your problem is most certainly the popup-blocking feature of 
Mozilla.

Regards,
H.

David Lovering wrote:
> First off, the onLoad function documentation rather explicitly states that
> the first parameter is an HTML file name, or a pointer to a file (with
> whatever extension) that encapsulates an HTML page.  Of course, many things
> which are explicitly stated in the W3C docs I have found to be erroneous on
> one platform or another, so you can take it or leave it.
> 
> The other thing I found problematic is the "location=no" declaration.  In
> some of my tests this caused difficulties in the onLoad, but only for some
> browsers with certain revision/version combinations.  Go figure.
> 
> If I were you, I'd sneak up on it.  Start by changing the onLoad to simply
> launch an alert, i.e;
> 
> <body onLoad='javascript:alert("howdy, yall!");'>
> 
> And see if it works cross-platform.  Then try explicitly building the
> javascript function winOpen to just open a window (no embedded code
> reference), and launch it from onLoad.  Then if that works cross-platform,
> try building an HTML file which is just a wrapper for your javascript code
> originally contained in newwindow.jsp.  If that works, you've got the
> functional equivalent of your original design.
> 
> If any of these don't work cross-platform, then I'd try to use
> document.write declarations to build the working code you wanted in
> newwindow.jsp inside the winOpen function.  Ugly as sin, but it might work
> where other methods fail.  If you don't want to descend to quite this
> primitive a level, you can always do a javascript src include to bring your
> newwindow.jsp code into a window in process.
> 
> At least that's how I'd do it.
> 
> -- Dave Lovering
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Antony Paul" <antonypaul24 at hotmail.com>
> To: "JavaScript" <javascript at LaTech.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 12:35 AM
> Subject: [Javascript] window.open() not working in onLoad() of Mozilla 1.5
> 
> 
> 
>>Hi all,
>>  I have problem in opening a new window from the onLoad() event of the
> 
> body
> 
>>in Mozilla 1.5. It is calling another function which opens a new window.
> 
> If
> 
>>I call the function in a button click it works.
>>This is syntax I used
>>var x = window.open("newwindow.jsp","name","toolbar=no,location=no");
>>
>>It is invoked in onLoad();
>><body onLoad="winOpen()">
>>
>>what is wrong with it. It is not giving any error in the JavaScript
> 
> console.
> 
>>Antony Paul
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