how do you create a pop-up window?

So you want a chromeless window? (A window with not all the menu bars etc. you would have in a normal browser.) You can open a new window with HTML (target="_blank" in the <a> tag), but do have it set at a specific height you need to use JavaScript.

Please search the javascript section of the forum, we have many answers to this question.

Personally, you may find that it doesn't work to well -- users like me who have pop-up blockers installed can usually block it pretty good. Either way, it tends to annoy users more than anything.

Creating a popup window:

Step 1: Form a pact with Satan

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|V|[agnus']Creating a popup window:

Step 1: Form a pact with Satan

Damn you're funny ]|V|[agnus] :p LMAO.

magnus, lol

I think i might have worded it wrong. Then again, maybe not.

Would it still be considered a pop up window if someone clicks on a thumbnail pic of my design to open a new "chromeless window" like chillipie said? Would that chromeless window be blocked because it uses some sort of javascript?

I am just trying to make life easier for the viewer, not annoy them.

Thanks again

That is a popup window, yes, and could likely be blocked by popup blocking software.

For the record: popups are not inherently evil. I was just joking, and you gathered at least that much, thankfully. :)

Anyway... it's just a decision you gotta make. The popup-for-enlarged-image method can work fabulous, but loading in the same window can too. It all depends on how you implement it. Personally, I'm a bit anal retentive and I also like the idea of respect the choices of users, so I try to stay away from popups these days.

You might want to look into doing it using javascript DOM. Without a ton of work you can create a <div> to hold your image(s) in and control the size and display properties of your div from javascript.

However you do it, please make sure that the link will still open properly even if javascript is disabled.

<a href=http://www.codingforums.com/archive/index.php/"http://link" title="link name"
onclick="window.name='main';
window.open(this,'popup','scrollbars=1,resizable=1,width=590,height=400,left=20,top=20');
return false;"
onmouseover="setAttribute('title', this.title + ' opens in a popup')">link</a>

http://llizard.crosswinds.net/cwc/popuplinks.html

thanks llizard and mothra
I am in the process of learning javascript. I hope its not that hard as it looks. I am a designer/illustrator crossing into the website development world. I hope to learn many things from everyone in here :p