html links within an applet

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RoS - 29 Mar 2004 23:20 GMT

Is it possible to embed a hyperlink in a Swing based applet, so that
clicking on this link would open a corresponding site in a new browser
window?
Thanks in advance

Roman

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Andrew Thompson - 29 Mar 2004 23:32 GMT

> Is it possible to embed a hyperlink in a Swing based applet, so that
> clicking on this link would open a corresponding site in a new browser
> window?

Yes, no and maybe.

In the same browser window. Yes, easy.
In a new browser window, almost impossible
to do in a reliable way.
(Besides that, new browser windows are
evil, and not in a nice way.)

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Rob Jones - 31 Mar 2004 10:42 GMT

>> Is it possible to embed a hyperlink in a Swing based applet, so that
>> clicking on this link would open a corresponding site in a new browser
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> (Besides that, new browser windows are
> evil, and not in a nice way.)

Try adding a target=....
inside the anchor tag

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Andrew Thompson - 31 Mar 2004 11:52 GMT

>> In the same browser window. Yes, easy.
>> In a new browser window, almost impossible
>> to do in a reliable way.

> Try adding a target=....
> inside the anchor tag

And I will reiterate, this is very unreliable.

Browser manufacturers are starting to
give control to users (damn them) allowing
the user to allow/vet/suppress pop-ups.

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Rob Jones - 31 Mar 2004 15:51 GMT

>>> In the same browser window. Yes, easy.
>>> In a new browser window, almost impossible
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> give control to users (damn them) allowing
> the user to allow/vet/suppress pop-ups.

Unreliable, for the internet as a whole, I agree yes.
But then to a lesser degree so is implementing an applet.
(Different JVM versions in browsers, OS, even Java being
turned off by the user).
Using target=... might well be the best solution for Ros
eg If the applet is within a controlled intranet environment
in which things like 'allow popups for internal/specified
domains' is mandated by corporate policy.

BTW: The default behaviour for Mozilla's pop up blocker appears
to be that pop ups through Javascript are killed but new windows
caused by target=... are allowed. Not that this is guaranteed to
stay this way.

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