JS bookmarklet to open window, scrollto, and hide all toolbars

[Mike Kerfeld]

Hello,
New to JS and coding in general. I'm trying to make a bookmarklet to open bloomberg's live TV and get rid of all clutter except the video.

Here's what I have so far:

javascript:(function(){%20window.open('http://www.bloomberg.com/avp/avp.htm?clipSRC=LiveBTV','TimeTableTimer','status=no,directories=no,location=no,resizable=no,top=100,menubar=no,width=400,height=400,toolbar=no');window.scrollTo(100,100);%20})()

But, the scrollTo statement doesn't work. Thanks for any help!
Mike

[Bear Bibeault]

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[Mike Kerfeld]

Done - thanks for the tip

[Eric Pascarello]

You are telling the current window to scroll, not the pop up.

Eric

[Bear Bibeault]

I don't have much experience with bookmarklets, but I imagine that the scrollTo is being applied to the current window, not the newly opened one.

[Bear Bibeault]

And, as usual, Eric beats me by a few seconds with a ninja post!

[Mike Kerfeld]

ah, you guys are absolutely right. so... can I scroll the popup?

[Bear Bibeault]

I suspect you could use the handle returned by the open() method?

[Mike Kerfeld]

Could you clarify for me? No matter where I try to put the scrollTo statement, it won't work.
Thanks!

[Mike Kerfeld]

Here's one try that didn't work:

javascript:(function(){%20window.open('http://www.bloomberg.com/avp/avp.htm?clipSRC=LiveBTV','BBTV','status=no,directories=no,location=no,resizable=no,menubar=no,width=400,height=250,toolbar=no');BBTV.scrollTo(100,100);%20})()    

[Bear Bibeault]

I have no idea if this will work, but it's what I would try first:

javascript:(function(){%20window.open('http://www.bloomberg.com/avp/avp.htm?clipSRC=LiveBTV','BBTV','status=no,directories=no,location=no,resizable=no,menubar=no,width=400,height=250,toolbar=no').scrollTo(100,100);%20})()      
    

[Mike Kerfeld]

No dice there either. Thanks for the effort though

[Bear Bibeault]

I got nothing then. Well maybe... the issue could be a matter of timing. The scroll may be happening too soon with respect to page loading. Perhaps setting a timeout...

[Eric Pascarello]

http://radio.javaranch.com/pascarello/2005/01/18/1106063002000.html

You might run into a security error.

Eric