window.open - url variable ?

[R45six]

Really can't figure this out, would appreciate some help...

Have a textbox in a form which user types in a url link.

When they click a button I'd like it to open a new window,
and attempt to display the link they've typed in the textbox.

I've got the button calling a javascript with onclick,
but I can't get the window that opens to accept the dynamic url.

The textbox name is txtlink.

var thelink = txtlink.value;
testlinkwindow = window.open();

Is there a way to get the variable as the url parameter of open() ?

The other thing I've tried is setting the location.href of the child window,
but that doesn't work either. :-(

eg
testlinkwindow = window.open();
testlinkwindow. location.href= txtlink.value;

Please can you help ?
R.

[Randy Webb]

Re: window.open - url variable ?

R45six wrote:[color=blue]
> Really can't figure this out, would appreciate some help...
>
> Have a textbox in a form which user types in a url link.
>
> When they click a button I'd like it to open a new window,
> and attempt to display the link they've typed in the textbox.
>
> I've got the button calling a javascript with onclick,
> but I can't get the window that opens to accept the dynamic url.
>
> The textbox name is txtlink.
>
> var thelink = txtlink.value;
> testlinkwindow = window.open();[/color]


var thelink = document.forms['formname'].elements['txtlink'].value
window.open (thelink)



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[GreenLight]

Re: window.open - url variable ?

"R45six" <news.richardNO @SPAMntlworld.c om> wrote in message news:<LOEoc.149 2$351.1322@news fe6-gui.server.ntli .net>...[color=blue]
> Really can't figure this out, would appreciate some help...
>
> Have a textbox in a form which user types in a url link.
>
> When they click a button I'd like it to open a new window,
> and attempt to display the link they've typed in the textbox.
>
> I've got the button calling a javascript with onclick,
> but I can't get the window that opens to accept the dynamic url.
>
> The textbox name is txtlink.
>
> var thelink = txtlink.value;
> testlinkwindow = window.open();
>
> Is there a way to get the variable as the url parameter of open() ?[/color]

Have you tried actually passing it as the URL parameter? You don't
have any parameters to open() in the posted code.

Have a look here:

http://www.mozilla.org/docs/dom/domref/dom_window_ref76.html#1019331

[R45six]

Re: window.open - url variable ?

> var thelink = document.forms['formname'].elements['txtlink'].value[color=blue]
> window.open (thelink)[/color]

Cheers, couldn't get it accept a variable inside the brackets.

I think it was also a problem, not naming the form.

Ended up with this.

var thelink = formname.txtlin k.value
window.open("" + thelink)

[Randy Webb]

Re: window.open - url variable ?

R45six wrote:[color=blue][color=green]
>>var thelink = document.forms['formname'].elements['txtlink'].value
>>window.open (thelink)[/color]
>
>
> Cheers, couldn't get it accept a variable inside the brackets.
>
> I think it was also a problem, not naming the form.
>
> Ended up with this.
>
> var thelink = formname.txtlin k.value
> window.open("" + thelink)[/color]


var myVar = "txtlink";
document.forms['formName'].elements[myVar].value;

you have to drop the quotes inside the brackets when using a variable.

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Randy
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