Javascript Question

alfoxy

Hello all
Quick question if you wouldnt mind helpin coz my brain is fried !

Home page with a link which opens a popup .. no bother
In the popup is a form which is to be submitted to a new page in the original window (not its self)

I tried this but it just keeps opening a new window

<form name=form1 action = "http://www.url.com/newpage.php" target="parent" method = "POST">

.. any ideas or good javascript forums ?

Thanks

Al

Talliesin

Probably easiest way would be:

If you are using POST:

Transfer all the details to a hidden form on the target window, and then submit it.

If you are using GET:

Work out the URI that would be generated and then set the target window's location to it.

There may be an easier way depending on what else is going on. But then again the whole concept of pop-ups, javascript dependent forms and so on is pretty crap. It's just really bad UI.

alfoxy

Hello thanks for the reply sorry its been so long ...

excuse my ignorance but what is a URI ?

Thanks

Al

Hobbes

Universal Resource Identifier.

eg.

file://c:\whatever
ftp://site/location/file


You could try the webmaster forum, but I'd take a guess and say you should use the target name of the window you want to open into.

alfoxy

thanks i just figured it out. i used
window.name = "whatever";
then set the target to whatever

Thanks a million for your help and quick responces

Al