HTML, XHTML, & CSS, Sixth Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide

Setting a New Window’s Size

In Chapter 6, you learned how to open a link in a new window. JavaScript lets you control how big that window should be.

To set the size of a new window:

1.	Type <a href="javascript:location='current.html';, where current.html is the URL of the page that contains the link.
2.	Type window.open('nextpage.html', where nextpage.html is the URL of the page to be opened in the new window.
3.	Type 'label', where label is the name of the new window.
4.	Type 'height=h,width=w, where h and w are the desired height and width for the new window. (No spaces!)
5.	If desired, type ,chrome=yes, where chrome is scrollbars, toolbar, status, menubar, location, or resizable.
6.	If desired, type a, (comma) and repeat step 5 as desired. ...