Actually, Event.stop() works fine. The problem was the '-' character
in the window id ('window-id' in the example above).

On Apr 8, 9:12 pm, websash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Try the following code:
>
> document.observe('dom:loaded', function() {
>         $('element-id').observe('click', function(event) {
>                 event.preventDefault();
>                 window.open(event.element().getAttribute('href'), 'myPopup',
> 'width=640,height=480');
>         });
>
> });
>
> I've just tested it both in FF and IE. It works fine for me
>
> On Apr 8, 12:39 pm, Rytis Daugirdas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
>
> > Here's a small example of code to open a new window when a link is
> > clicked. The below code works fine in FF, but IE 7 opens the URL in
> > the same window. How come?
>
> > $('element-id').observe('click', function(event)
> >                                  {
>
> > window.open(event.element().getAttribute('href'), 'window-id');
> >                                    Event.stop(event);
> >                                  });
>
> > Regards,
> > Rytis
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