Posted by Neredbojias on 10/08/05 01:07

With neither quill nor qualm, Jonathan N. Little quothed:

> JDS wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 23:01:21 +0100, SpaceGirl wrote:
> >
> >
> >><a href="mypage.html" onclick="popup('mypage.html'); return true;"
> >
> >
> > Shouldn't that be "return false"?
> >
>
> I would think so, else if JavaScript is enabled both the popup will load
> AND the main page will load 'mypage.html'. You want it to return false
> so that if JavaScript is enabled the main page link will be ignored but
> if JavaScript is disabled the onclick event will be ignored and the
> fall back will be that 'mypage.html' loads in the main window.
>
>

Ah, shit, once again I accidently deleted a reply, in this case yours.
Anyway, I said:

> > What if javascript is enabled but popups are disabled?

And you said:

> You're screwed.

Actually, there is a way to do it which involves using "return true".

<a href="NerbsBigOne.html" onclick="if (window.open)
{ var nwin=window.open
(this.href,mywin,'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menuba
r=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width=8400,height=2200');
return false; } else { return true; }">The Human Monolith</a>


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