though not a struts issue, the anchor tags target attribute is generally used when dealing with frames. I have READ that forcing content into a new window can cause problems for user agents (html readers).
-----Original Message----- From: David G. Friedman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 2:48 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: open new window form struts action..java script variable Why not set the window name to something specific such as mysite_com_popup and then use that name as a target in the future? Regards, David -----Original Message----- From: Ashish Kulkarni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 2:28 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: open new window form struts action..java script variable Hi thanx guys for the clarification, here is a very intresting problem with defining target and opening new window, suppose you open a new window using java script in mypage.jsp your code will be like below in mypage.jsp var TheNewWin; if(!TheNewWin || TheNewWin.closed) { TheNewWin = window.open('abc.jsp'); } else { TheNewWin.focus(); } for some reason you browse to mypage2.jsp and then come back to mypage.jsp and call this java script, it will open a new window (remmemer we have not closed the previous window) because variable TheNewWin is defined again, and as no knowledge of the already open window, how will you handle this situation Ashish --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Geez, I wish I'd have known that before! So are you > saying that if the browser doesn't recognize the > target as one of the predefined types, it will > assume it should open a new window named according > to the target value? That's cool, and I didn't know > it. It would have saved me some trouble a few weeks > back because I had to add some code to a system to > deal with a situation where a popup window might > have been opened and things broke if a certain > request was submitted again with it still open. I > just added a quick Javascript check and closed the > window if it was open before submitting the form, > but this would have been much better! > > -- > Frank W. Zammetti > Founder and Chief Software Architect > Omnytex Technologies > http://www.omnytex.com > > On Wed, January 19, 2005 1:50 pm, PA said: > > > > On Jan 19, 2005, at 19:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > >> For my own edification, can you expand on the > ability to "...define > >> whatever target you like"? I've never heard that > before, I'd be > >> interested to know more. I'm wondering > specifically since the browser > >> wouldn't know what anything other than the > defined targets you > >> referenced meant, how would you go about handling > them yourself? Can > >> you give an example use case? > > > > The target can be named anyway you choose. This is > handy when you want > > to create an external window and consistently > reuse it (e.g. always > > open external link in "target = 'externalLink'"). > > > > Cheers > > > > -- > > PA > > http://alt.textdrive.com/ > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
