Question

How do I maintain the scroll position of the parent page when I open new window using window.open()? The parent page returns to the top of the page.

Here is my current code:

<a href='#' onclick='javascript: window.open('myPage.aspx');'>    Open New Window </a> 

Answer 1

<a href='#' onclick='window.open('myPage.aspx');return false;'>Open New Window</a> 

• javascript: is not required in event attributes.
• You were not returning false from the event handler, so the link was being following, it was equivilent to <a href='#'>Scroll to top</a>.