Force html link to open in a new window

Question

There's no easy way to explain this but, I have a website, that links to a online game I've made using asp C#. The website has a link to the game so when the user clicks the link on the site, my game pops up! Simples...

But I want it to pop up in a new Window! but not a browser window... Just... A Window :s

for Example, if you go on www.dofutoshiki.com and click on the "Play Futoshiki in our online player" link, it opens a new window with, just the game. No browser functionality.

I was wondering if anybody out there could shed some light on the subject...

Ive Tried:

<a href="blahblah.aspx" target="_blank"> Click me! </a>

but it just opens a new tab in the browser!

Thanks!

Alex

Duplicate question: http://stackoverflow.com/q/726761/185655 — Abdel Raoof Olakara, May 21 '11 at 12:15

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 21 '11 at 12:15

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If I get this right, you actually want a browser window but without the chrome/UI.

For this, you need to use window.open() (javascript) rather than a target attribute.

answered May 21 '11 at 12:15

Denis de Bernardy

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 21 '11 at 12:15

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http://www.pageresource.com/jscript/jwinopen.htm will help you.
You have to open the new window by using javascript and disabling the unwanted functionality by passing arguments.

answered May 21 '11 at 12:15

Mr47

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 21 '11 at 12:16

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You will probably need some javascript for this. What you need to look in to is the 'window.open(...)' function. Here are a few examples.
And here you can play around with it.

answered May 21 '11 at 12:16

TweeZz

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 21 '11 at 12:16

Use javascript Window.open method

<a href="javascript:openGame()" target="_blank"> Click me! </a>

 <script>
   function openGame(){
     window.open(blahblah.aspx,'Play Game','width=900,height=790,scrollbars=yes,dependent=yes,toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,directories=n           o,menubar=no,status=no,resizable=yes');
   }
    </script>

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered May 21 '11 at 12:18

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You can use Jquery popup window plugin it is easy to use and more flexible also.

http://swip.codylindley.com/popupWindowDemo.html

answered May 21 '11 at 12:18

Govind Malviya

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered May 21 '11 at 12:19

On site you are referring to, browser window is opened. It's configured so that it does not have toolbar, status bar, menu bar, etc.

You can take a look at window opening code in HTML source of the page you are referring to:

<a onClick="window.open(this,'playsample','width=900,height=790,scrollbars=yes,dependent=yes,toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,directories=no,menubar=no,status=no,resizable=yes');return false;">

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered May 21 '11 at 12:20

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Is javascript an option?

With javascript it would be something like this:

<a href="#" onclick="window.open('blahblah.aspx', 'game','status=0,toolbar=0,width:400,height:300');" > Click here for the game! </a>

answered May 21 '11 at 12:20

Tim Baas

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered May 21 '11 at 12:21

Use this

<a href="blahblah.aspx" onclick="window.open(this,'blahblah.aspx', 'width=900,height=790,scrollbars=yes,dependent=yes,toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,directories=no,menubar=no,status=no,resizable=yes'); return false">Click me!</a>

Or even better, put the onclick code in a function of your own so you can reuse it.

Force html link to open in a new window

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