Sorry, I butchered the javascript. It should be:
<a href="javascript:window.open('https://sis.nsd.org', '_blank');"> Synergy
Test2</a>
ski
On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 15:16:49 -0700
Ski Kacoroski <[email protected]> wrote:
> The error I get is:
>
> "Blocked frame with origin https://sis.nsd.org from accessing a
> cross-origin frame. Source OpenView onclick Error name: Security
> Error"
>
> As for TARGET vs SOURCE URLs, I am not sure if this is in play here as
> it opens up the login page just fine. It is after I login that the
> popups are blocked. As near as I can tell the URL and the page source
> are identical. Just that if I access it via an embedded link with the
> target attribute it fails.
>
> For grins I embedded this and had the same issues:
>
> <a href="https://sis.nsd.org"; onclick="window.open(this.href);return
> false;" rel ="external">Synergy Test2</a>
>
> It does not work when I click on it, but it does work when I right
> click, open in new tab.
>
> cheers,
>
> ski
>
> On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 17:19:41 -0400
> Derek Balling <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I think what you're encountering is that popups are enabled not for
> > TARGET URLs, but for SOURCE URLs.
> >
> > In other words, enabling popups for "sis.nsd.org" means that if the
> > Location header says "sis.nsd.org", it's allowed to open a pop-up
> > (to wherever). What you seem to be wanting is for any Location to
> > be able to open a pop-up, so long as it is to "sis.nsd.org", which
> > is not (to my understanding anyway) how browser pop-up blocking
> > works.
> >
> > D
> >
> >
> > On Aug 22, 2014, at 5:17 PM, Ski Kacoroski <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Matt,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the answer, but I think I did not explain it well or I
> > > do not understand what you are saying. I open a browser and enable
> > > popups for https://sis.nsd.org. I login and popups work fine. I
> > > logout. I then go to plain vanilla apache in the same browser
> > > window and click on a link like:
> > >
> > > <a href="https://sis.nsd.org"; target="_blank">Synergy Login</a>
> > >
> > > It opens the app login window in a new tab, I login and popups do
> > > not work. I close the tab and then right click on the link and
> > > say open in new tab, login and popups work.
> > >
> > > So this is independent of the popup blocker as near as I can tell.
> > >
> > > cheers,
> > >
> > > ski
> > >
> > > On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 17:02:05 -0400
> > > Matt Simmons <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi Ski,
> > >>
> > >> So, from my reading of the code, there is a javascript function,
> > >> DetectPopupBlockerOnLoad() that is called from the body onLoad.
> > >> This function calls CheckForPopup(‘RT_POPUP’), a function that
> > >> checks to see if there is a cookie present by the name of
> > >> RT_POPUP.
> > >>
> > >> If the RT_POPUP cookie is present, then DetectPopupBlocker() runs
> > >> which tries do a window.open() and, if it fails, returns a flag
> > >> that indicates a popup blocker is in place, which then triggers
> > >> the “you have a popup blocker” error.
> > >>
> > >> If the RT_POPUP cookie is not present, then the RT_POPUP cookie
> > >> is created.
> > >>
> > >> In either case, DetectPopupBlockerOnLoad() returns false.
> > >>
> > >> If you’ll notice, if the RT_POPUP cookie is not present, at no
> > >> point does it actually run the checks to see if a blocker is
> > >> present. All it does is set the cookie.
> > >>
> > >> I would guess that, at some point in your application, you log
> > >> out, and the application clears all browser cookies, rather than
> > >> just the ones responsible for your account. If that’s the case,
> > >> it would be responsible for the behavior flip-flopping.
> > >>
> > >> Someone more senior in javascript than me might be able to weigh
> > >> in and provide a better evaluation, though.
> > >>
> > >> —Matt
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Ski Kacoroski
> > >> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Hi,
> > >>>
> > >>> Our new student records system uses a lot of popups. When we
> > >>> enter in https://sis.nsd.org and allow popups it works
> > >>> perfectly. It also works perfectly when I embed a link like:
> > >>>
> > >>> #1: <a href="https://sis.nsd.org";>Synergy Login</a>
> > >>>
> > >>> into a web page. However if I embed a link like:
> > >>>
> > >>> #2:
> > >
> > >
> > >>>
> > >>> the Synergy popup blocker and web browsers says popups are not
> > >>> blocked, but we get popup blocked errors whenever it tries to
> > >>> open a popup.
> > >>>
> > >>> Finally, if I right click on link #2 and open the application
> > >>> in a new window or tab it works perfectly.
> > >>>
> > >>> Any ideas why this is happening?
> > >>>
> > >>> cheers,
> > >>>
> > >>> ski
> > >>>
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