Saturday, August 29, 2009

[CODE] Yet another reason internet explorer fails

In javascript there's a command called

window.open( myUrl, myWindowName, myAttributes )

I was helping out a friend today and put this line of code into her script:

window.open( "www.google.com", "My Window", "height=200" );

It didn't work. I knew it was a syntax error since an alert I put right after it didn't fire.

After fiddling with this for 15 minutes, I tried it out in firefox on a hunch. Sure enough, it worked. I immediately googled "window.open not working in internet explorer" and found what I needed.

Turns out IE does not support a space in the name of a window. "My_Window" is acceptable, but "My Window" is not.

I don't even know what to say.

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