Can I do this?

[Sparkie]

ok, I have the following javascript in a page I'm doing:

<A href="index.html" ONMOUSEOVER="popup('Text goes here, blah blah blah','yellow')"; ONMOUSEOUT="kill()" >

Is there a way to put a link inside of the part where it says 'Text goes here.....etc." And if so, how can I do it?

[cow]

as far as i know, you can only open a url in a new window not a link...you'd have to open a page containing that link in the new window, but that would totally defeat the purpose of that dynamic link.

[Paul S]

Yes you can, but it would not work as you want. Why? Picture this: the user puts the mouse cursor over the link, then a new window pops up (with the url inside) but as soon as the user want to click that url the ONMOUSEOUT event would be called and pow!! no more url and window leaving the user confused and frustrated.

Just remove the OnmouseOut event, include a link inside the new windows to close it and leave the part

.. ONMOUSEOVER="popup('Text <a href=\'your_link_here\'>goes here</a>, blah blah blah','yellow');">

(I'm assumming that popup() prints the text passed as parameter in the new window)

[cow]

Originally posted by Paul S
(I'm assumming that popup() prints the text passed as parameter in the new window)

how would you do that? can you post that code? i'd like to see how that works!

[bman]

do you have a the function popup() created anywhere? what does it do?

[Paul S]

Originally posted by cow
how would you do that? can you post that code? i'd like to see how that works!

Sure it works, I posted here a similar function a couple of month ago. Let me write an example.

[Sparkie]

Originally posted by Paul S


Just remove the OnmouseOut event, include a link inside the new windows to close it and leave the part

Dont understand what you mean when you say "the new windows to close it..." A link inside the popup script to close the window?

[Paul S]

I mean, You have onmouseout=kill(), so what's kill() purpose, destroy the pop up window?

[Technosailor]

that IS what he is saying Sparkie. Put a link inside the popup to close it.

Sketch

[Paul S]

Originally posted by Sketch
that IS what he is saying Sparkie. Put a link inside the popup to close it.

No he's asking if the can put ANY link inside the window.

[Paul S]

Ok cow, here's the code:

<a href="index.html" onmouseover="paul_popup('This is a really nice popup window :) Check this <a href=\'http://www.sitepointforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36568#newpost\'>This thread</a>');">link</a>

and the magic function is

 function paul_popup(text) {
   var wpop = window.open('','','width=550,height=400,scrollbars=yes');
   wpop.document.open();
   wpop.document.write(text);
 }

Have fun !! :)
Paul

[Paul S]

so Sparkie, is that what you want to do?

Paul

[Sparkie]

Right on, Paul! It works great!! Thank you very very much for your help!