HTML Help

[sdousley]

I am building a site for a mate in HTML, and He wants images to open in new windows. I know this can be done by

<a href="path/to/image.jpg" target="_blank">
[img]path/to/thuimbnail.jpg[/img]</a>

But is there a way to set the size of the new window to a set size?

[Chris H]

Sounds like a job for javascript to me. Dunno what the command is but if you can find a site that does what you want to do then just look in the status bar when you hover over a link.

[sdousley]

ok! Cool! If anyone sees a site like this and remembers if u could post the address, or how it works?

Thanx!

[Chris H]

This any good?

http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/openwin.html

Or this?

http://www.codetoad.com/forum/15_22904.asp

[kpzani]

I always use this:
Javascript function put it in the HTML HEAD

<script language="Javascript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
function openWindow&#40;path, windowname, w, h&#41; &#123;
	// Name the Window, so the remote can target it - if required
	self.name = "Master_Window"; 
	
	// determine center of screen
	if &#40;screen.width&#41; &#123;
		// IE
		var xMax = screen.width;
		var yMax = screen.height;
	&#125; else &#123;
		if &#40;window.outerWidth&#41; &#123;
			// mozilla
			var xMax = window.outerWidth;
			var yMax = window.outerHeight;		
		&#125; else &#123;
			// Catch all
            var xMax = 640; 
			var yMax=480;
		&#125;
	&#125;
	
    var xOffset = &#40;xMax - w&#41;/2;
	var yOffset = &#40;yMax - h&#41;/2;
	
	var opts = "scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width=" + w + ",height=" + h + ",left=" + xOffset + ",top=" + yOffset +",screenX=" + xOffset + ",screenY=" + yOffset;
	// open it and maintain a var to it
	var Child = window.open&#40;path, windowname, opts&#41;;
&#125;
//-->
</script>

Then use it like this

my link

[flw]

So what would be a solution for the browsers that are not javascript friendly?

Is there a way to do what the users want in html or php?

[kpzani]

in pure html all you can do is use _new or _blank as the target for the anchor.

I suppose you could write a php function that tests $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] and then writes a different link depending on the answer but that could be complex.

There is also a PHP function called get_browser. this returns an associate array detailing what the browser can support. However, to use this you need to setup a file called browsecap.ini - which I have not done.

What browsers are you thinking of? general old browsers or text based ones like lynx?[/code]