JavaScript: Open a New Browser Window

The JavaScript window object contains the open method. This can be used to open new browser windows via JavaScript, as follows:

window.open('url','windowname','options');

url is the path to the file to be opened in the new window
windowname is a variable reference to the opened window
options are the specifications of the opened window. The available options are:

• height: The height of the window, in pixels
• width: The width of the window, in pixels
• top: The Y coordinate of the window, measured in pixels from the top of the screen
• left: The X coordinate of the window, measured in pixels from the left of the screen
• scrollbars: Whether to show horizontal and vertical scrollbars, if the page overflows
• toolbar: Whether to show the browser toolbar
• status: Whether to show the browser status line
• menubar: Whether to show the browser menu bar
• location: Whether to show the URL input field in the browser window
• resizable: Whether the window can be resized

Example:

window.open('myFile.html','myWindow','top:40,left:100,menubar=no,toolbar=yes');

Note that options are separated by commas. If no options are specified, then all options are present and the windows is placed in the upper left corner of the screen.