Add onLoad function for to an opened window

Question

How to add an onLoad function to an opened window? (target is "self", not window.open, just a regular link)

Is it possible with onbeforeunload or something? Or add onclick to the "normal link"?

I mean like this:

<a href="page2.htm" onclick="theWindowIHaveOpened.onLoad = function(){alert('loaded')}">...

Answer 1

No, you will have no control over the next page with a basic http call of a link.

Answer 2

With an onclick handler on the link and an external chunk of script, you could do something like:

<script type="text/javascript">
function loadHandler()
{
    // do stuff
}

function clickHandler(elem)
{
    h = window.open();
    h.onload = loadHandler;
    h.location.href = elem.getAttribute('href');
    return false;
}
</script>

<a href="page2.htm" onclick="return clickHandler(this);">Linky</a>

Though of course you may need to do some work with that to get it working cross-browser.

Edit Added the return statements so that normal navigation of the <a> tag is suppressed.