Open a new window with certain constraints

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Using JavaScript I want to open a new browser window with following characteristics. Please advise:

Update: I have used the code from http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/met_win_open.asp with undesired results across browsers. For example, location=no still shows address bar in FireFox.

This question has been closed for reasons like it is 'ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered'. I wonder which part of the question qualifies for any of the specified reasons! Funny indeed!! — Kabeer, Aug 23 '12 at 11:04

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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For example, location=no still shows address bar in FireFox.

Setting the browser GUI is not a programmer's business. Users define it, not you.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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answered Aug 22 '12 at 07:03

Kolyunya

Thanks Kolyunya, especially when others are being so judgmental & cynical about my question. – Kabeer Aug 22 '12 at 07:06
Doesn't the question you linked to have an answer using `location=no` - could you explain why that would work when Kabeer already said it doesn't? There's also a comment under that question saying it can't be done in FF... – nnnnnn Aug 22 '12 at 07:17
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This is the answer to your question - it's just impossible to hide address bar in new versions of firefox and other browsers. In fact you can not hide **most** of gui elements. This is made in order to protect users from some crazy tricks, when hackers substitute OS windows to a browser window. – Kolyunya Aug 22 '12 at 07:23
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This means, setting the browser GUI is not a programmer's business. Users define it, not you. – Kolyunya Aug 22 '12 at 07:24

Guffa · Answer 2 · 2012-08-22T07:24:15.397

You can't override the browser settings, it will open in a tab if the user wants that.
You can try menubar=0,location=0,status=0 in the feature string, but it's not likely that you will be able to remove all of them. The address field is generally impossible to remove in most browsers.
You can't open a maximised window. You can try fullscreen=1 in the feature string, which would give a similar effect.
You can try resizable=0 in the feature string, but it's not likely that it will make the window impossible to resize.
That's not possible. You may be able to remove some of the ways to open a new window/tab (e.g. the menu), but the feature to open new windows can't be disabled.
The support for this varies across browsers, you will never be able to make all this work in all browsers.

Look at Microsofts documentation of the open method, or window.open at Mozilla for a list of supported features.

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