Using Window Options

window.open("http://www.samspublishing.com/",   "samsWindow",   "width=640,height=480,directories=no,menubar=no, toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes"); 

The third parameter of window.open() is a list of comma-separated values that define how the new window looks. You can define the size (as long as both width and height are at least 100 pixels), toggle some window features like the status bar, and more. Table 9.1 shows the most important options (however, the list is not complete, leaving out several browser-dependent options).

Table 9.1. Window Options

Option	Description
dependent	Closes the new window if the parent window is closed
directories	Toggles the personal toolbar
height	Height of the window
innerHeight	Height of the window excluding the window decoration (non-IE only)
innerWidth	Width of the window excluding the window decoration (non-IE only)
left	Horizontal position of the window (IE only)
location	Toggles the location bar
menubar	Toggles the menu bar
outerHeight	Height of the window (non-IE only)
outerWidth	Width of the window (non-IE only)
resizeable	Whether the window may be resized by the user
screenX	Horizontal position of the window (non-IE only)
screenY	Vertical position of the window (non-IE only)
scrollbars	Toggles the scrollbars
status	Toggles the status bar
toolbar	Toggles the toolbar
top	Vertical position of the window (IE only)
width	Width of the window
z-lock	Gives the window a lower z-lock (position on the z axis) value

The preceding code uses some of these options. Some take numeric values; some require yes or no as their values. Take care that you do not use spaces between options.

Warning

You cannot expect all of these effects to work on all browsers in an identical fashion. For instance, the Opera browser opens a new window not in a new browser window, but (depending on the browser version) in a new tab, which of course has the default window decoration and the default window size.

Figure 9.1 shows how the newly opened window (file openoptions.html) looks with the given options.

Figure 9.1. The new window has only very little decoration.