Javascript: window.open not working in IE8?

Question

This is the Javascript I'm currently using:

window.open('/modules/mod_oneononechat/chatwindow.php?key='+key+'&color=blue','x'+winName+'x','location=0,status=0,toolbar=0,menubar=0,resizable=0,scrollbars=0,height=375,width=420');

This doesn't seem to be working in IE8. It's a chat window that works fine on all other browsers (including IE7)... any ideas as to why it's not working on IE8?

Answer 1

try using a javascript library such as JQuery for this.

A possible alternative to window.open is this JQuery plugin, along with examples.

http://famspam.com/facebox

More solutions by JQuery for popups etc.

• jQuery UI Dialog - http://jqueryui.com/demos/dialog
• Facebox - http://famspam.com/facebox
• FancyBox - http://fancy.klade.lv/
• iBox v2 - http://www.ibegin.com/labs/ibox/
• jqModal - http://dev.iceburg.net/jquery/jqModal/
• jQuery Alert Dialogs - http://abeautifulsite.net/notebook/87
• lightBox - http://leandrovieira.com/projects/jquery/lightbox/
• nyroModal - http://nyromodal.nyrodev.com/
• prettyPhoto - http://www.nomarginfor*errors.com/projects/prettyPhoto/
• SimpleModal - http://www.ericmmartin.com/simplemodal/
• Slimbox 2 - http://www.digitalia.be/software/slimbox2/
• SWIP DOMWIndow - http://swip.codylindley.com/DOMWindowDemo.html
• ThickBox - http://jquery.com/demo/thickbox/

It may be your popup blocker that prevents your popup from showing up

Answer 2

Can you check whether it throws any javascript error?

You can use IE8 built in javascript debugger

Answer 3

The support article titled Q281679 by Microsoft was released for MSIE 5.5/6.0. But it could be applicable for MSIE 8.

Alternatively, you could use the X-UA-Compatible meta tag or header, and see if this can be resolved by resorting to the compatibility mode (I would personally use this as a last resort, and would instead attempt to write JavaScript that does not cause IE8 to behave as described).

PS: To avoid IE8 from requiring the compatibility mode, use the services of the W3C page validator, and have the page tested in another standards compliant browser like Firefox 3 (don't forget to use Firebug and the Web Development Toolbar extensions if you use FF3).

Answer 4

Try this:

It works for me

javascript:window.open('http://google.com','x'+'winName'+'x','location=0','status=0','toolbar=0','menubar=0','resizable=0','scrollbars=0','height=375','width=420');

Answer 5

guess what I discovered? ;-) ie8 doesn't linke spaces in window name ...