javascript pop-up box

Question

OK so I haven't messed with JavaScript in a long time but I do remember some. I have tried Google but it hasn't proved to be what i wanted.

Let's say I have a link... when you click it -- a window pop-up box appears. You can submit the form... then when you press submit! The pop-up box with the form you just filled out would close and the page you clicked the box up box would be redirected....

How would I make that happen?

• strager: Are you referring to a lightbox?
• test: nope - just a simple pup up box.

Answer 1

Try this:

Parent page:

<script type="text/javascript">
window.name="dansMainPage";
function popWin(link) {
 var w = window.open(link.href,link.target,'width=500,height=600,resizable');
 return w?false:true; // if popup blocker, use the default behaviour of the link
}
</script>
<a href="pagewithform.html" target="_blank"
onClick="return popWin(this)">Pop form</a>

child page:

<form target="dansMainPage" onSubmit="setTimeout(function() { window.close() },1000)">
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