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

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Property Description document Retrieves the HTML document in a given popup window. isOpen Retrieves a value indicating whether the popup window is open. Method Description hide Closes the pop-up window. show Displays a pop-up window on the screen. Object Description HTMLPopup Constructor   Defines the properties and methods inherited by objects in the HTMLPopup Constructor prototype chain. 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