IE6 open browser window problems...HELP!

[kita]

Please, can anyone help on this issue!
I design on a Mac, so for me everything works just fine. HOWEVER, I have just found when I'm testing on PC's (IE6) that my precious open browser window behaviors won't work: instead a blank window (of the correct size) opens up. What on earth am I supposed to do about this?

Do I have to redesign my pages to load the image in the current page - which I REALLY don't want to do. I can't just say "If you're viewing this in IE6 and you can't see the OBWindow - TOUGH!" Worst of all, my clients' computer has this problem - really doesn't look good. Plus, from what I can gather, the "fix" is fairly complicated, I can't expect the average user to go trawling around in the nether regions of their PC's just to see the images. AAAAAARGH! Please can someone advise ... this has completely stumped me.

Thanks.

[redux]

it always helps if you actually post your code and/or a link to a live example...

[kita]

Thanks for quick reply... site not complete yet, not yet live. Apparently this doesn't necessarily happen on all PC's but can be fine one day and botched the next (never to return again)... just my luck it's like that on the clients computer. So chances are even if it was live, it may not be a problem to everyone. Do I worry about this?

I have looked it up on the net and it's definitely out there so don't really feel like I can fix the two computers with this problem and then ignore the rest of the planet who may (hopefully) see the site.

By the by, site is made in Dreamweaver MX, with a straight open browser window behavior applied to a thumbnail of the image.

[redux]

well...at least post both your open window behaviour javascript and the link you're applying it to here...otherwise there's very little we can do...

[kita]

Does this help?
I'd be quite happy to know where I'm going wrong.

function MM_openBrWindow(theURL,winName,features) { //v2.0
window.open(theURL,winName,features);
}

<a href="javascript:;" onClick="MM_openBrWindow('images/gallery/gal1/lrg/1957.jpg','','width=315,height=215')"><img src="images/gallery/gal1/thumbnails/1957_small.jpg" width="100" height="70" border="0"></a>

[vgarcia]

Make sure you're referencing the correct path to the image. Also, here's a better and more accessible way of opening your links in a new window:

function MM_openBrWindow(theURL,winName,features) { //v2.0
window.open(theURL,winName,features);
}

<a href="images/gallery/gal1/lrg/1957.jpg" 
onClick="MM_openBrWindow(this.href,'newWin','width=315,height=215'); return false;">
<img src="images/gallery/gal1/thumbnails/1957_small.jpg" width="100" height="70" border="0"></a>

If your browser supports opening new-window links, the links will now open in a new window. Otherwise, it will open in the same window as a fallback. I also named the new window as "newWin", so other scripts can reference it (for example, if you wanted a link in the parent window to close the pop-up).

[kita]

Ooooo! Thank you SO MUCH - sounds like the perfect solution for this particular dilemma. Will give that a bash. I assume that the user will then have to use back button to return to gallery?

But seriously I don't think it's my code... works fine on my computer (I know that sounds dumb, but wait...) and also worked perfectly on testing PC last week, but this week no OBW behaviours work on that PC.
Also look at this: http://winangels.com/win9xnt/tips/xp...newbrowser.htm
... I don't think it's just me (for once).

Thanks again for the code, seems to be a good work-around for something that may become a problem for many.

[kita]

Just a thought... if IE6 opens a blank browser window then will the new scripting work or will it load a blank browser window AND the image in the parent page?
Reinstalled IE6 on testing PC - now it works fine on galleries with and without new scripting - go figure.

[vgarcia]

Just a thought... if IE6 opens a blank browser window then will the new scripting work or will it load a blank browser window AND the image in the parent page?
Reinstalled IE6 on testing PC - now it works fine on galleries with and without new scripting - go figure.

Actually it won't help your past situation, but it will open in the same window for browsers that can't open new windows (i.e. PocketPC/Palm and cellphone browsers). Remember, the Web is much more than a visual medium, and people will get to your website in ways you never thought possible. In IE6 with your bug though, it will just open the blank page and nothing else (thanks Microsoft! ).

[kita]

Hmm, good point.

Can I ask 1 more stupid question... should probably go in the JavaScript forum though. On these Open Browser Windows is there some margin width/ margin height attribute I should be adding? I've been setting the window to the exact same dimensions as the image but on my Mac it sits in the top left corner with a white border on the right and bottom and on a PC it has a white space on the left and top and cuts off the picture on the right and bottom.

Jeez, I've got so much to learn!

[vgarcia]

I usually just add 10 pixels to the image's width and height, and feed that computed value into my new-window script. That will cause your image to appear in most browsers without scrollbars.