Detect blocked pop-up in Chrome

Question

Ok so I am using Chromium for Ubuntu 9.10 and cannot get this working using the normal means of detecting a pop-up blocker which are...

var popup = window.open(...);
var blocked;
if(!popup) {
    blocked = true;
} else {
    blocked = false;
}

Also, the accepted solution in this SO post, Detect blocked popup in Chrome, does not work.

It seems that window.open() in Chrome is returning a defined object even when the popup is blocked — Chris Wagner, Apr 08 '10 at 23:57

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 19 '12 at 16:03

2

popup.innerHeight no longer works. Use outerHeight, if greater than zero then it was not blocked.

answered Dec 19 '12 at 16:03

Lucas B

Eli Grey · Answer 2 · 2010-04-09T19:10:59.843

0

If it's a page on the same domain, check popup.innerHeight. If it's 0, the popup was most likely blocked.

edited Apr 09 '10 at 19:10

answered Apr 09 '10 at 01:17

Eli Grey

console.log(popup.outerHeight) reveals 275, which is actually the height attribute I am passing to window.open – Chris Wagner Apr 09 '10 at 17:10
Flash84x: You might want to try `innerHeight` too. – Eli Grey Apr 09 '10 at 19:11
innerHeight is 0 when the popup is blocked and when the popup is visible, so no dice :-\ – Chris Wagner Apr 12 '10 at 16:52
Also when it's visible? I find that hard to believe and I am unable to reproduce it being zero when a previously-blocked (and then manually allowed) popup is visible. – Eli Grey Apr 12 '10 at 19:57

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