Hide the url bar on a pop up window

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When I use window.open() to do a pop up on a new window, I'm unable to hide the url bar. It still shows the url bar even though it's read only. Can I hide it? I do not want user to see the url.

Because of this limitation (see accepted answer for reason), it has been common to implements popup windows as some kind of floating `
` instead of actual window (many javascript libraries available out there to help with this). If you need a separate html page in the popup, you can use ``. — awe, Jun 24 '13 at 08:51

score 20 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 22 '09 at 12:31

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In Internet Explorer 7 and later, you cannot remove the address bar in Internet Zone windows, for security (anti-spoofing) reasons.

— http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536651%28VS.85%29.aspx

answered Jul 22 '09 at 12:31

Quentin

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score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 22 '09 at 12:35

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You cannot do that in other browsers (Firefox, Chrome) also so even if you could do it in IE, it would have been pointless. Won't it?

answered Jul 22 '09 at 12:35

Hemant

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score 3 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 06 '10 at 20:05

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You cannot no longer hide the address bar in IE7. Read more about here in this MS article http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/community/columns/securityupgrade.mspx

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answered Jul 22 '09 at 12:31

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awe · Answer 4 · 2013-06-24T08:44:40.667

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This works for me in IE7, but only because I have the site added to the "Trusted sites" list.

window.open(url, '_blank', 
        'toolbar=no,menubar=no,width=300,height=400,resizable=no,scrollbars=no');

edited Jun 24 '13 at 08:44

answered Jul 22 '09 at 12:35

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Yes, as other answers have already explained, the security limitation doesn't apply to trusted sites. – Quentin Jul 22 '09 at 13:21

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 22 '09 at 12:40

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it depends on the user's security settings. if the site is in the 'local intranet' zone then you will be able to hide the address bar.

answered Jul 22 '09 at 12:40

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 22 '09 at 14:08

It can be done like this...

window.open("about:blank", "popWin", "location=no");

But of course, the user will always be able to configure the browser to dis-allow this. And I think by default, it will not allow it. IF you are on their "Trusted Sites" list, this will work though.

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