How to hide/disappear address bar using javascript window.open method? [duplicate]

Question

I want to disable the address bar using javascript window.open. Also the script should work in IE, Safari and chrome. Any suggestions.

Answer 1

location is the window feature you want to set to no or 0 to hide the address bar.

Opinionated Advice: You can't rely on popups showing because most people have popup blockers installed to curb abuse, so if you can get away with it, don't use a pop up at all! Use something like the jQuery UI Dialog plugin.

Example:

window.open("http://www.mydomain.com/mypage.htm", "mywindow", "location=0,menubar=0,status=0,scrollbars=0,width=100,height=100");

Format

window.open( [Url] [, Name] [, Features] [, History] )

Window features you can control

• status The status bar at the bottom of the window.
• toolbar The standard browser toolbar, with buttons such as Back and Forward.
• location The Location entry field where you enter the URL.
• menubar The menu bar of the window
• resizable Allow/Disallow the user to resize the window.
• scrollbars Enable the scrollbars if the document is bigger than the window
• height Specifies the height of the window in pixels. (example: height=’350′)
• width Specifies the width of the window in pixels.

Answer 2

(untested)

function openWindow(){
var browser=navigator.appName;
if (browser==”Microsoft Internet Explorer”)
{
window.opener=self;

}
window.open(‘filename.htm’,'null’,'width=900,height=750,
toolbar=no,scrollbars=no,location=no,resizable =yes’);
window.moveTo(0,0);
window.resizeTo(screen.width,screen.height-100);
self.close();
}

Got this from http://saher42.wordpress.com/2006/08/10/hiding-the-address-bar-on-pageload-using-javascript/.