Use the browser window action to open an object in a new window.
Dreamweaver calls this a Behaviour. Usually it is an image that you want to show a larger size.
You can specify the properties of the new window, including its size, attributes (whether it is resizable, has a menu bar, and so on) and name. For example, you can use this behaviour to open a larger image in a separate window when the visitor clicks a thumbnail image. With this behaviour, you can make the new window the exact size of the image.
If you specify no attributes for the window, it opens at the size and with the attributes of the window that launched it. Specifying any attribute for the window automatically turns off all the other attributes that are not explicitly turn on.
For example, if you set no attributes for the window, it might open at 640 x 480 pixels and have a navigation bar, location toolbar, status bar and menu bar. If you explicitly set the width to 640 and the height to 480 and set no other attributes, the window opens at 640 and 480 pixels and has none of the above bars, no resize handles and no scroll bars.
You should have your 'object', such as a thumbnail of an image, ready and also your larger image of the size you want to display in the new browser window.
To use the "Open Browser Window" Action:
Select an object and open the Behaviours panel (in Tag Inspector on right, above files list).
Click the plus button and choose Open Browser Window from the Actions pop-up menu.
Click Browse to select a file (the one that will appear in the Browser Window)
Set the window width and height. You can change this later if necessary.
You can choose from the rest of the options as required but this behaviour is usually used without them.
Note: sometimes the Browser Window opens behind the main window and, if it is smaller, you may not realise it is open.
Preview in Browser to check it works as you want it.
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| Clicking on this thumbnail brings up a new window with the larger picture on it. This one has not had the size set in the Behaviours panel. | This one has had the size set to fit the picture. |
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Compare this behaviour with opening pages in a Gallery when choosing from a set of thumbnails.
See Make your Own Gallery page. Here you have more choices of laying out out the page but it is more complicated to do.
page updated 23 august 2010