Subj : Re: Mozilla 1.5 can't create a window from onLoad event in tag? To : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng,comp.lang.javascript From : "Dave Ockwell-Jenner" Date : Tue Feb 03 2004 08:43 am "Starry Gordon" wrote in message news:bc6e73c3.0402022014.1b1a6de5@posting.google.com... > 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. It could just be that Mozilla is blocking pop-ups? I believe it does this by default unless you configure it to do otherwise. -- Dave Ockwell-Jenner .