Windows

The target attribute in the <a> element is deprecated in strict HTML, but is still commonly used. HTML allows you to open a page in a new window.
HTML does not allow you to control the size and location of the new window. Also, HTML does not allow you to give the window focus. We will need to use JavaScript to do these things.

You can open a new window with the open() method, and close it with the close() method. You open the new window from your existing window. You must refer to the object, which represents the new window, if you close it from the old window.

You can use options with the open method, to control characteristics of the new window.

You can open an empty page, and write the html into the new page.

There is a property in the window object for the screen. We can use it to obtain the characteristics of the screen. This will allow us to center our window in the screen. You can see this in the sample.

Reading assignments are in the text book, Java Script, A Beginner's Guide, Second Edition, by John Pollock; McGraw Hill / Osborne, ISBN 0-07-222790-7

Read Module 10.

Read section 10.1 - It has good description of window properties.
Read section 10.2 - It has good description of window methods.
In the section "Standard Attributes", Pollard lists supported attributes. Flannagan has a more current list. Flannagan's supported attribute list adds left and top, but omits directories from the list given by Pollard.

Do NOT read the lecture notes before hearing the lecture. If you do, you will find the lecture very boring. Read the lecture notes if you do not attend the lecture, or if you wish to review the material.