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I want to disable the address bar using javascript window.open. Also the script should work in IE, Safari and chrome. Any suggestions.

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    As you probably know, there are the well known `location=no`, `addressbar=no` etc, but not all browsers follow this. Some of this is because of security reasons. – Christian Apr 14 '11 at 14:48
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    Since the release of Firefox 3 it is not possible to hide the address bar. The option dom.disable_window_open_feature.location is by default set to true. As Christian mentioned, some browsers have strict rules when it comes to security. – Rafael Apr 14 '11 at 14:50

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location is the window feature you want to set to no or 0 to hide the address bar.

Opinionated Advice: You can't rely on popups showing because most people have popup blockers installed to curb abuse, so if you can get away with it, don't use a pop up at all! Use something like the jQuery UI Dialog plugin.

Example:

window.open("http://www.mydomain.com/mypage.htm", "mywindow", "location=0,menubar=0,status=0,scrollbars=0,width=100,height=100");

Format

window.open( [Url] [, Name] [, Features] [, History] )

Window features you can control

  • status The status bar at the bottom of the window.
  • toolbar The standard browser toolbar, with buttons such as Back and Forward.
  • location The Location entry field where you enter the URL.
  • menubar The menu bar of the window
  • resizable Allow/Disallow the user to resize the window.
  • scrollbars Enable the scrollbars if the document is bigger than the window
  • height Specifies the height of the window in pixels. (example: height=’350′)
  • width Specifies the width of the window in pixels.
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  • Thanks for clear explanation. some attributes like location, status, resizable, etc works only in IE but didn't in other browsers like FF, Chrome. – Srinivasan.S Jan 08 '14 at 10:11
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(untested)

function openWindow(){
var browser=navigator.appName;
if (browser==”Microsoft Internet Explorer”)
{
window.opener=self;

}
window.open(‘filename.htm’,'null’,'width=900,height=750,
toolbar=no,scrollbars=no,location=no,resizable =yes’);
window.moveTo(0,0);
window.resizeTo(screen.width,screen.height-100);
self.close();
}

Got this from http://saher42.wordpress.com/2006/08/10/hiding-the-address-bar-on-pageload-using-javascript/.

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Also you have to enable window.open to hide the address bar in Firefox, which is disabled by default. Go to about:config, search for disable_window_open, so you can see all window.open feature disabling options, including dom.disable_window_open_feature.location, which is responsible for the address bar not hiding. Set it to false.

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Type in the address bar of Firefox like this about:config,

search for disable_window_open, so you can see all window.open feature

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