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Popup opens as new browser window in Edge and Internet Explorer

Posted on November 20, 2019 by Dan

Problem: Opening a popup with JavaScript in Edge or Internet Explorer results in a new browser window instead of a popup window. For example:

var popup = window.open("https://www.duckduckgo.com/", "DDG", "height=640,width=960,toolbar=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,location=no,status=no");

1	var popup = window.open("https://www.duckduckgo.com/", "DDG", "height=640,width=960,toolbar=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,location=no,status=no");

Communication between the new window and originating site is not possible either, since both popup (above) … Continue reading →

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