That's great, thank you very much. I have a project coming up where a script like this will be very useful. :)
Cheers, Seona. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul Novitski > Sent: Friday, 14 January 2005 9:07 AM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: RE: [WSG] Popups > > > At 01:20 PM 1/13/05, Seona Bellamy wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul Novitski > > > Subject: Re: [WSG] Popups > > > Also, while it's convenient to insert javascript event > handlers into HTML > > > markup when demonstrating an example, in practice it's > probably best to > > > leave the script out of the markup and apply it from a separate > > > script file > > > at window.onload. > > > >I'm curious as to how you do that, because to my mind it's a great idea. > >Keeping it out of the markup would make sure that the code of the page > >itself remains nice and lean and would also make it easier to remove the > >popups altogether if such a feat was necessary. > > > Seona, > > Here's a quickie example in which I assign Jeff's href event handler to a > single specific hyperlink: > > =============================== > HTML: > > <head> > <script type="text/javascript" src="assignevent.js"></script> > </head> > <body> > <a id="anchor1" href="http://example.com";>Open the example site</a> > </body> > > =============================== > JavaScript: > > // this file is "assignevent.js" > > > // Tell javascript to run a function when the page finishes loading: > window.onload = jsAssignEvent; > > > // When the page loads, assign the event handler to the object: > function jsAssignEvent() > { > // don't run code the browser can't handle > if (document.getElementById) > { > // get the object > var oAnchor = document.getElementById("anchor1"); > > // assign the event handler > oAnchor.onclick = jsOpenLinkWindow; > } > } > > > // When the link is clicked, open the new window: > function jsOpenLinkWindow(evt) > { > // stop event propagation > if (!evt) var evt = window.event; > evt.cancelBubble = true; > if (evt.stopPropagation) evt.stopPropagation(); > > // open the link in a new window > window.open(this.href, '_blank', > 'width=500,height=500,menubar=no'); > > // cancel the click event so the parent window location > doesn't change > return false; > } > =============================== > > I recommend Peter Paul Koch's articles on event handlers & javascript at > http://www.quirksmode.org/ > > Cheers, > Paul > > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.11 - Release Date: 12/01/2005 > __________________________________________________________________ << ella for Spam Control >> has removed Spam messages and set aside Later for me You can use it too - and it's FREE! http://www.ellaforspam.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.11 - Release Date: 12/01/2005
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