[marshallburnz]

[font=Verdana]anyone know how do you make links open full screen? i've been copying bits of javascript code from all over the place but with no luck! all i can do is make very page from the index onwards into the site operate as full screen as a whole. i am trying to open individual pages full screen with no browser attributes from a text link on an html page. can anyone help with some code?

[roto]

[font=Verdana]don't do this...everyone hates it

[Bill Posters]

Better yet, offer the user a choice of fullscreen or regular (i.e. in the current window).
Popups and fullscreen windows, especially unannounced ones, are becoming increasing hated by users in general. It's best to offer a choice rather than risk pi**ing users off, the result being that they leave your site - never to return.
Can't say pharaoh than that.

Here's the basic form of a javascript for triggering a fullscreen popup (grumble, grumble)

In the header* or an external js file:
(* if in the header, nest the following code between the <script type="text/javascript"> … </script> tags.)

function doPop() {
mainWin = window.open('mainpage.html','windowName','top=0,left=0,width='+screen.availWidth+',height='+screen.availHeight+',directories=no,location=no,resizable=no,scrollbaras=no,status=no,toolbar=no');
}

In the markup:

<a href="mainpage.html">Enter site (current window)</a><br />
<a href="mainpage.html" onclick="doPop(); return false;">Enter site (fullscreen popup)</a>

Belts 'n' braces.

Here's a good primer on javascript popup windows.
http://tech.irt.org/articles/js128/