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Jun 04.2006

I have a link on a page which opens up a new page, however, every time it is clicked, a new page is opened. 10clicks=10new windows of same page

is there a way that i can check whether this page is already opened in new window, if yes, just bring this window up, if no, open it?

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@phpnoviceJun 04.2006 — No need to check -- just name each window using the same valid name and they will re-use the first window opened:

var winPtr = window.open(url, name, features);
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@ssffccauthorJun 05.2006 — thx phpnovice, problem solved, I also found another way of doing it: give it a name instead of using "_blank" in the target field
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@ssffccauthorJun 05.2006 — one more thing, is it possible to bring the existing page to the front?

I found that this can be ahieved by ".focus()", but i dont know how to implement it to my code:

[CODE]<a href="Gallery.html" target="galleryWindow">-Image Gallery-</a>[/CODE]

please help
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@phpnoviceJun 05.2006 — thx phpnovice, problem solved, I also found another way of doing it: give it a name instead of using "_blank" in the target field[/QUOTE]
Duh! That is not "another way" -- that is exactly what I said! :rolleyes:
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