I was just reading a post by Rick Strahl about managing popup windows in the browser. I actually authored a mini popup window manager a while back that tracks windows, allows you to easily close them, and most importantly (for my app I suppose), can prevent the same window from being opened twice, and if encountered, will simply focus that window.
The code is for MS AJAX but could easily be adopted for other platforms.
To use it, you need to register it globally via the pages Load event:
Sys.Application.add_load(function(sender, args) {
window.popupWindowManager = new Mbccs.Psp.Web.Manager.PopupWindowManager();
});
And to open a window (using the default height and width):
window.popupWindowManager.openWindow('myPage.aspx', false);
If you want to override the width/height:
window.popupWindowManager.openWindow('mypage.aspx', false, 800, 800)
The code looks like:
Mbccs.Psp.Web.Manager.PopupWindow = function Mbccs$Psp$Web$Manager$PopupWindow(url, handle, allowDuplicates) {
this._url = url || null;
this._handle = handle || null;
this._allowDuplicates = allowDuplicates;
}
Mbccs.Psp.Web.Manager.PopupWindow.prototype = {
get_url : function Mbccs$Psp$Web$Manager$PopupWindow$get_url() {
return this._url;
},
get_handle : function Mbccs$Psp$Web$Manager$PopupWindow$get_handle() {
return this._handle;
},
get_allowDuplicates : function Mbccs$Psp$Web$Manager$PopupWindow$get_allowDuplicates() {
return this._allowDuplicates;
}
}
Mbccs.Psp.Web.Manager.PopupWindow.registerClass('Mbccs.Psp.Web.Manager.PopupWindow');
Mbccs.Psp.Web.Manager.PopupWindowManager = function Mbccs$Psp$Web$Manager$PopupWindowManager() {
this._windows = [];
}
Mbccs.Psp.Web.Manager.PopupWindowManager.prototype = {
openWindow : function Mbccs$Psp$Web$Manager$PopupWindowManager$openWindow(url, allowDuplicates, width, height) {
var allowOpen = true;
var previousWindow = null;
var previousWindowIndex = -1;
var windows = this._windows;
// Check for existing
for(i = 0; i < windows.length; i++) {
if(windows[i].get_url() == url) {
allowOpen = windows[i].get_allowDuplicates();
previousWindow = windows[i];
previousWindowIndex = i;
break;
}
}
if(!allowOpen) {
if(previousWindow.get_handle().closed) {
Array.removeAt(this._windows, previousWindowIndex);
allowOpen = true;
}
}
if(allowOpen) {
var _width = width || 750;
var _height = height || 700;
var winName = 'win' + Math.floor(Math.random() * 100 + 1);
var curWin = window.open(url, winName, 'width=' + _width + ',height=' + _height + ',resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes');
var win = new Mbccs.Psp.Web.Manager.PopupWindow(url, curWin, allowDuplicates);
this._windows.push(win);
return win;
} else {
previousWindow.get_handle().focus();
return previousWindow;
}
},
closeAll : function Mbccs$Psp$Web$Manager$PopupWindowManager$closeAll() {
var curWin = this._windows.pop();
while(curWin != null) {
curWin.get_handle().close();
curWin = this._windows.pop();
}
}
}
