Subj : Re: Mozilla 1.5 can't create a window from onLoad event in To : Starry Gordon From : Brendan Eich Date : Mon Feb 02 2004 10:10 pm Starry Gordon wrote: > I've been running some small test programs which seem to indicate > something noticed in a larger script, that a function called from > onLoad() in the tag will not succeed in creating a window > (i.e. successfully executing window.open() in Mozilla 1.5; however, > I've observed it to work a few times in IE 6.0 and Opera 5.something. > It does not seem to be a timing thing -- if I re-call the function > somewhat later using setTimeout it still doesn't succeed. However, > a call to the same function from a link (a href=...) does succeed. > I'm wondering if I've overlooked something in the documentation. > Wrong newsgroup, and read the release notes, looking for "popup blocking" or similar such features. /be > The shortest of the tests: > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > x > > > > onload='javascript:initz()'> > > xxx > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > which, when the link is clicked on, brings up a window with > the following text: > > m=w1. > 1: opening... 1: not here.... 2: opening... 2: here! .