popup object

A special type of overlapped window typically used for dialog boxes, message boxes, and other temporary windows that appear separate from an application's main window.

This object is not supported for Windows Store apps using JavaScript.

The popup object has these types of members:

• Methods
• Properties

The popup object has these methods.

The popup object has these properties.

There are no standards that apply here.

This object is available in script as of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5.

Windows Internet Explorer 7. This object inherits the writingMode of its parent containing block.

The following example demonstrates the use of the popup object. The code creates a pop-up window and displays it.

<script type="text/javascript">
  var oPopup = window.createPopup();
  var oPopupBody = oPopup.document.body;
  oPopupBody.innerHTML = "Display some <strong>HTML</strong> here.";
  oPopup.show(100, 100, 200, 50, document.body);
</script>

The following example demonstrates some different uses of the popup object.

Code example: http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/dhtml/popup/default.htm

Reference

createPopup

writingMode

Conceptual

Using the Popup Object