Maintain scroll position in Javascript window.open()

Question

How do I maintain the scroll position of the parent page when I open new window using window.open()? The parent page returns to the top of the page.

Here is my current code:

<a href="#" onclick="javascript: window.open('myPage.aspx');">
   Open New Window
</a>

Answer 1

<a href="#" onclick="window.open('myPage.aspx');return false;">Open New Window</a>

• javascript: is not required in event attributes.
• You were not returning false from the event handler, so the link was being following, it was equivilent to <a href="#">Scroll to top</a>.