forcing links to _top with javascript

[simey_j]

My page has got two frames, one at the top for a menu and one for content. I want some links in the topframe to be targetted to the "_top" of the browser window with Javascript.

What is the syntax for this?

Thanks,

[cybercodeur]

When you say targetteed to the _top, do you actually mean another new browser window or the top frame of your frameset?

If you mean overwriting the window (replacing what's inside it), then it's simply target="_top" and if you mean the top frame of your frameset, then its target="nameofthetopframe".

Somehow, I feel this is not what you mean though. This has nothing to do with javascript, it's purely html.

If I'm offtrack, please be more specific.

[valeria_vi]

<a href="file.htm" target="_top">target "_top"</a>

this will cause the documen to load at the top-level window, i.e. a linked document with target="_top" 'busts out" of teh frame set and is displayed directly in the browser window.

[simey_j]

I want the links to load pages over all of the current frames (as HTML 'TARGET="_TOP"' does it).

But I can't use HTML as I am using an ASP component that creates menu's and the only way it links through is with Javascript location.href.

Thats why I'm restricted to Javascript.

Just to be more detailed, I have a menu in the top frame. Content in the bottom frame. Some of the links need to jump out of the frameset and take over the whole browser window and these need to be done with Javascript links.

Hope this is easier to understand now...

[cybercodeur]

I believe it would simply be parent.window.top or window.top but I wouldn't bet too much on it...

[cybercodeur]

okay I tested this and it works. Forget what I told you earlier, this is it.

onclick="top.location.href='yourpage.asp';"

That's it!