Question

I use window.open and call it at the document ready event, but it is blocked by a popup blocker in Firefox. Then I added this to the function and make a call of this function from a button and then trigger the button click without success:

$(function(){    
    abcd();    
});


function abcd(){
    var popup = window.open("http://localhost/johndyer-mediaelement-7ed6c51/demo/index.php","mypopup","width=500,height=300");       
 }

Is there some way to open an external popup window or new tab on browser when the page loaded?

Answer 1

Don’t open pop up advertising. It’s annoying.

On the other hand, if it’s a message the user wants to see, then you can use a jQuery plugin like Colorbox to display a hovering modal window without opening a new popup, that the user can easily close.