open new window in java script
<script type="text/javascript">
var windowObjectReference = null; // global variable
function openFFPromotionPopup() {
if(windowObjectReference == null || windowObjectReference.closed)
/* if the pointer to the window object in memory does not exist
or if such pointer exists but the window was closed */
{
windowObjectReference = window.open("http://www.spreadfirefox.com/",
"PromoteFirefoxWindowName", "resizable,scrollbars,status");
/* then create it. The new window will be created and
will be brought on top of any other window. */
}
else
{
windowObjectReference.focus();
/* else the window reference must exist and the window
is not closed; therefore, we can bring it back on top of any other
window with the focus() method. There would be no need to re-create
the window or to reload the referenced resource. */
};
}
</script>
(...)
<p><a
href="http://www.spreadfirefox.com/"
target="PromoteFirefoxWindowName"
onclick="openFFPromotionPopup(); return false;"
title="This link will create a new window or will re-use an already opened one"
>Promote Firefox adoption</a></p>