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Anonymous
December 6, 2011
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Popup login needs to open full screen page.

  • December 6, 2011
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I am utilizing a popup login window that upon proper authentication will open to a separate page via a cflocation tag. Problem is it is opening the page within the popup, not in  a new fullscreen window as I would like. I tried applying a target attribute to the cflocation url but that didn't work. This is the first time I have used popups and this has me stumped. How do I get my new page to open in full screen?

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    Correct answer 12Robots

    I suppose if you have to do it with <cflocation /> then you would need to cflocate to a page that has the proper JavaScript.

    So you could do somehting like

    <cflocation url="parentRedirect.cfm" />

    Then in the parentRedirect.cfm you would have something like

    <script>

    opener.location.href = '/index.cfm';
    close    ();

    </script>

    This code is untested, I am going from memory. It is also assuming you are using standard JavaScript windows (i.e. window.open())

    Jason

    2 replies

    12Robots
    12Robots
    Participating Frequently
    December 6, 2011

    Wouldn't it be better and easier to redirect the parent window and close the popup window?

    Jason

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    Anonymous
    December 6, 2011

    Jason, thanks for the reply. How would I do that within the confines of a cflocation tag?

    12Robots
    12RobotsCorrect answer
    Participating Frequently
    December 6, 2011

    I suppose if you have to do it with <cflocation /> then you would need to cflocate to a page that has the proper JavaScript.

    So you could do somehting like

    <cflocation url="parentRedirect.cfm" />

    Then in the parentRedirect.cfm you would have something like

    <script>

    opener.location.href = '/index.cfm';
    close    ();

    </script>

    This code is untested, I am going from memory. It is also assuming you are using standard JavaScript windows (i.e. window.open())

    Jason

    Owainnorth
    Owainnorth
    Inspiring
    December 6, 2011

    In order to create a new window and dictate its size, you'll need to use Javascript, as it's the only client-side language you have available.

    Is this for a public website or private intranet?

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