# Trouble with popup window **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [December 29, 2006, 9:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-with-popup-window/80615 "2006-12-29T09:17:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shauna](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@shauna](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shauna)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 9:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-with-popup-window/80615/1 "2006-12-29T09:17:10Z")
I would like to have a “Print” link which when clicked, calls my print\_list method to populate the print\_list view, then opens the print\_list view in a NEW browser window. I’m using Firefox 1.5.0.9. So far I have: \<%= link\_to “Print”, :action =\> ‘print\_list’, :popup =\> true %\> This partially works - it calls the print\_list method which properly generates and populates the view. However, I can’t get it to come up in a NEW window instead of overlaying my current window. I’ve tried various permutations of braces and using variables instead of “true”. Here’s another example of what I’ve been trying: ``` <%= link_to "Print", {:action => 'print_list'}, {:popup => ``` [‘new\_window’, ‘height=300,width=600’]} %\> But how can I get a NEW window to pop up with my printable view in it? Also, I’d like to have the File|Print dialog box automatically come up when the new window opens. How do I get that to happen? Thanks for the help, Shauna ---
**Author:** ![shauna](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@shauna](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shauna)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-with-popup-window/80615/2 "2006-12-29T17:48:50Z")
On Fri, 2006-12-29 at 00:16 -0800, shauna wrote: > various permutations of braces and using variables instead of “true”. > Here’s another example of what I’ve been trying: > > \<%= link\_to “Print”, {:action =\> ‘print\_list’}, {:popup =\> > [‘new\_window’, ‘height=300,width=600’]} %\> > > But how can I get a NEW window to pop up with my printable view in it? > > Also, I’d like to have the File|Print dialog box automatically come up > when the new window opens. How do I get that to happen? * * * try \<%= link\_to “Print”, , {:action =\> ‘print\_list’, :id =\> whatever.id}, :popup =\> [‘new\_window’, ‘height=300,width=600’] %\> Craig ---
**Author:** ![shauna](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@shauna](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shauna)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 11:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-with-popup-window/80615/3 "2006-12-29T23:29:56Z")
Hi Craig, I tried your permutation and the results are no different. It displays the print\_list view in the same browser tab, overwriting the original page. I want the original page to remain and the printable page to come up in a new browser window. By the way, my action doesn’t usea specific id - it’s just a list of the entire table in the order the user has picked. Shauna ---
**Author:** ![shauna](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@shauna](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shauna)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 12:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-with-popup-window/80615/4 "2006-12-30T00:04:17Z")
This is an example from my current project that I know opens a new window: \<%= link\_to ‘Preview’,{ :controller =\> ‘publish’, :action =\> ‘preview’, :id =\> page }, :popup =\> true %\> If you don’t have an id then just leave it out. If it is still displaying in the same browser tab then it is probably your browser setting. hope that helps -K ---
**Author:** ![shauna](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@shauna](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shauna)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 2:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-with-popup-window/80615/5 "2006-12-30T02:37:58Z")
Thanks, Kim. I tried fiddling with the Firefox settings and that made no difference. Other sites can open new windows from my browser so I know it can be done, but they use non-Rails methodology for that aspect. For example, the ZiYa plugin at [http://liquidrail.com/](http://liquidrail.com/) (recently announced on this list) opens a new window when I click on a chart image. Also, Google Docs and Spreadsheets at [http://docs.google.com/](http://docs.google.com/) opens a new window to print a document. But I want to know how to do it within my Erb command so I don’t have to revert to pure JavaScript or use some other package! Shauna ---
**Author:** ![shauna](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@shauna](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shauna)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 8:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-with-popup-window/80615/6 "2006-12-31T08:03:49Z")
Craig W. wrote: > OK remove the id portion but I suspect that the reason that it isn’t > popping up a window for you is that you need the javascripts library and > thus need to include a layout that has \<%= > javascript\_include\_tag :defaults %\> in it. > > Craig I do have \<%= javascript\_include\_tag :defaults %\> in my application.rhtml, and all the default js libs show up in the page source code for my page. I am also using rico.js. I tried removing that but it makes no difference to the popup window. Shauna ---
**Author:** ![shauna](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@shauna](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shauna)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 11:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-with-popup-window/80615/7 "2006-12-30T23:27:37Z")
On Fri, 2006-12-29 at 23:29 +0100, Shauna wrote: > Hi Craig, > > I tried your permutation and the results are no different. It displays > the print\_list view in the same browser tab, overwriting the original > page. I want the original page to remain and the printable page to come > up in a new browser window. > > By the way, my action doesn’t usea specific id - it’s just a list of the > entire table in the order the user has picked. * * * OK remove the id portion but I suspect that the reason that it isn’t popping up a window for you is that you need the javascripts library and thus need to include a layout that has \<%= javascript\_include\_tag :defaults %\> in it. Craig