[WEB4LIB] Re: HTML Question - target="new"

[Sutherland, Paul]

Not wanting to enter into the debate on if javascript/popups, etc are good
or not i wonder if anyone can help me with a remote control that loads links
into the main window. 

e.g. Click a link/image, a (small) popup loads, click on link in popup and
the result loads into the main (original) window.

I can get this to work but the first link seems to need to be in a form tag,
and the form tag messes my layout... (e.g. the example at
http://www.wsabstract.com/script/cut105.shtml)

any ideas how it can be achieved with the link not in a <form>

(my javascript skills are of the cut and paste variety...)

/paul

-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Huber [mailto:huber at library.ucsb.edu]
Sent: Thursday, 15 March 2001 15:08
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: HTML Question - target="new"



Getting back to the original question for a moment:

The reason we have pop-up windows "onClick" for some of our e-journals,
databases, etc., is that many of the ones which don't allow for simple IP
authentication also don't prompt for the password until you are several
screens removed from the starting point (e.g. when you actually select the
full text of a particular article.)  Having a small pop-up window that
hangs around is a less obtrusive solution than using a frame with the
password info (at least in my opinion.) 

And yes, we had to use javascript, with a <noscript> option to provide a
link to the login info for the javascript-deprived.

Chuck Huber
Davidson Library
University of California Santa Barbara
huber at library.ucsb.edu



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