popup blocker

[jimmygoogle]

I am trying to get a site with a form on it to open a new window
(once) when any element of the form has focus.

The function I am using on page load causes the popup blocker to be
triggered. However, if I set the onfocus in the form element (onfocus
= loadWindow() - everything works as it should (no popup blocker).
Anyone know how to do this without going through each form element and
putting the onfocus code in there?

function setHandlers() {

var inputs = document.getElementsByTagName("input");

for (var i = 0 ; i < inputs.length ; i++){

//blocked by popup blocker
inputs.onfocus = function(){loadWindow();}

//causes the page to try to load the window
for each form element
//inputs.onfocus = loadWindow();

}

}

 

[jimmygoogle]

jimmygoogle said the following on 10/16/2007 5:23 PM:


Bad idea.


Hmmm. User sets focus, window opens, user closes unwanted popup, input
field regains focus, window opens, repeat annoyance factor.

Bad idea again. And, that is assuming the window even opens to start with.

Rethink your design, it is fatally flawed and doomed as it is.

The window is opened underneath the current window only once thats
it. It cannot be opened more than one time. Granted it is annoying
it is what my project calls for.

 

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

The window is opened underneath the current window only once thats
it.

Firefox has a default preference to prevent this.

It cannot be opened more than one time.

Iff it can be opened.

Granted it is annoying

And leaking memory, at least on Windows.

it is what my project calls for.

It isn't.


PointedEars