JavaScript open() method

This open() method is very useful for the programmers. Here is a case when this might be very useful. Suppose you are filling some information on the form and at that time you are required to perform some task on another page then either you have to click on browser to create new window or you may loose all information filled in that form. So here the JavaScript's open() method may be very helpful.

JavaScript's open() method is used to open a new browser window. Syntax for open() method is as follows :

Syntax:

window.open(URL, name, specs, replace);

Different arguments and their meanings are as described below :

Arguments	Description
URL	It specifies the URL of the opening page
name	It specifies the target attribute. It may have following values: _blank : URL loaded into new window _parent : URL loaded into parent window _self : URL replaces current window _top : URL replaces any framesets that may be loaded name : name of the window
specs	Comma separated list of items which defines the different attributes for the new opening windows.
replace	It is a boolean value and specifies that whether to open new window by replacing the URL history link or to create new entry in history list.

All above four arguments or parameters are optional.

Here we have created an example into which when the user clicks on the button open() method would be called. Full HTML code is as follows :

<html>
 <head>
   <title> Open method Example </title>
     <script  type="text/javascript">
	function windowOpen(){
	  window.open("http://www.roseindia.net");
	}
     </script>
 </head>
 <body>
  <div style="background: #335556; width:'100%';"
    align="center">
   <font color="#ffddff" size="12pt">
	<b>open method example</b>
   </font>
  </div>
 <center>

 <input type="button" value="Open a new window" 
      onClick="windowOpen();">
 </body>
</html>

Output :

Click on the button "Open a new window"

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JavaScript open() method

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