Window Open Method

How to create or open a new browser window using javascript?
or
Can we handle the size, position, location of new browser window?

Explanation

Object: Window
Method or Function: open(url,name[,properties])
Opening a new window?:
Open method or function is used to create or open new browser window in javascript. We have to pass two arguments url path and a name for that window. The window will be blank if you pass empty string ("") for url.

Example:

Opening a link/url on button click

Example:


<script language=javascript>
open("//www.hscripts.com","test");
</script>

Result:



Opening a new window with specified size, height, location, menu, status, scroll bar, etc..:
The new browser window can be created with specified height, width, location and other properties. These properties have to be passed as the third argument separated by comma.
Syntax: open("url","name","height=200,width=200,location=true,...");
The following table shows all the possible option that can be used while opening a new browser window.
OptionValuesDescriptionExample
Height Integer used to set the height of the new window. Code:
open("","","height=150");

Result :
Width Integer used to set the width of the new window. Code:
open("", "", "height=150,width=150");

Result :
Location Boolean used to display / hide the location bar in the new window. location bar is the place in the browser where the url is displayed. Code:
open("", "", "height=250,width=250, location=yes");

Result :
Resizable Boolean if resizable is set to yes, window resizing can be done by users. By default the window resizing is disabled. Code:
open("", "", "height=250,width=250, resizable=yes");

Result :
Menubar Boolean used to display/hide the Menu bar in the new browser window. Code:
open("", "", "height=250,width=250, menubar=yes");

Result :
Scrollbars Boolean Scrollbars option is used to display/hide scroll bars in the new browser window. Code:
open("", "", "height=250,width=250, scrollbars=yes");

Result :
Status Boolean Status option is used to display / hide the status bar in new browser window. Code:
open("", "", "height=250,width=250, status=yes");

Result :
Toolbar Boolean Toolbar option is used to display / hide the tool bar in new browser window. Code:
open("", "", "height=250,width=250, toolbar=yes");

Result :


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