A special type of overlapped window typically used for dialog boxes, message boxes, and other temporary windows that appear separate from an application's main window.

Members Table

The following table lists the members exposed by the popup object.

Attributes/Properties

Property	Description
document	Retrieves the HTML document in a given popup window.
isOpen	Retrieves a value indicating whether the popup window is open.

Methods

Method	Description
hide	Closes the pop-up window.
show	Displays a pop-up window on the screen.

Prototypes

Object	Description
HTMLPopup Constructor	Defines the properties and methods inherited by objects in the HTMLPopup Constructor prototype chain.

Styles

Style attribute	Style property	Description
-ms-writing-mode	writingMode	Sets or retrieves the direction and flow of the content in the object.

Remarks

This object is available in script as of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5.

Internet Explorer 7. This object inherits the writingMode of its parent containing block.

Examples

The following example demonstrates the use of the popup object. The code creates a pop-up window and displays it.

<script language="JScript">
  var oPopup = window.createPopup();
  var oPopupBody = oPopup.document.body;

  oPopupBody.innerHTML = "Display some <B>HTML</B> here.";
  oPopup.show(100, 100, 200, 50, document.body);
</script>

The following example demonstrates some different uses of the popup object.

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Standards Information

There is no public standard that applies to this object.

See Also

Using the Popup Object, createPopup, writingMode