questorfla Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 This should be easier than I am trying so maybe I am not thinking about it correctly. I need to insert a "click here" button on a webpage that when clicked would open a 2nd page beside the first. It would not Close the first page as they both need to be open. As a for instance, the 2nd page might contain detailed instructions on how to do something on the first page but not everyone would need them So I created webpage inside a subfolder of the first page. (It is a VERY simple site that really only has varying views of the first page. Only one Index.php) The second page is also a stand alone. If you typed in the full path to enter that subfolder it has its own index.php and would open as a standalone page. I know I have seen a method of setting the page width (or I thought I had) to 50% so that two pages could co-exist at the same time for the viewer it would look like page 1 and page 2 of a book separated by the book spine, Optionally, it could be done after the fact if the 2nd page opened in a second window instead of a tab,. There may be other ways I have not considered but any help would be appreciated. Thanks If I can crate a sample screenshot view I will come back and attach it. right now I have maybe 10 tabs open. and if I switch between then I cannot see the tab I was on when I leave it. but it it were 10 separate instances of IE I could open both at the same time and resize easily with the win+left or right arrow key. doing that in tabs wont work to get two pages open at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newseed Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Either use a script called highslide.com or search for page flip. One of them may work for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niche Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_a_target.asp The try it is on point 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questorfla Posted October 10, 2013 Author Share Posted October 10, 2013 http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_a_target.asp The try it is on point I might be missing a crucial understanding. But the command itself works a charm. This is a great help with giving me other ways to try it and it makes a perfect "layout" example if used with the "self" option. The problem is that it starts out with that layout. My normal page is a full page with no divider and for most people most of the time it would stay that way, But for the occasional user that needs it, I have to have the command itself create the split screen with the other information on the other side. I will definitely look harder at all the options for that command because I may need it combined with something else to create the split screen. If you have another "rabbit in the hat" Please ! :>) I needs that one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niche Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Let's get the terms straight. Do you need to open a new tab or a new div in an existing tab? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questorfla Posted October 10, 2013 Author Share Posted October 10, 2013 Either use a script called highslide.com or search for page flip. One of them may work for you. Checking out both, Thanks. This just seemed like it would be an easy thing to do and might be. If I knew what it was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questorfla Posted October 10, 2013 Author Share Posted October 10, 2013 Let's get the terms straight. Do you need to open a new tab or a new div in an existing tab? it seems I need a separate browser instance. Not sure yet. The best example I can think of would be that I need to open a separate window with HELP commands in it. But I do not want th user to have to close the one they are on. I have done it with tabs but that forces you to either be on one page of the other and I would like to have both. If I was a better programmer I am sure I could do it with s window opening on the same page. Even when in full use, the main page has a LOT of empty space. But the last time I tried working with multiple divs in a page I got worse with each step. The main page layout is centered and depending on the screen being used (and there is one problem I would have no way of knowing that) if it s on a 14" standard screen laptop, there isn't enough room to spare. It could open as an overlay I guess, but the whole point of having it is to be able to see all of the first screen as well as the 2nd. The 2nd screen is sort of a critique of the contents of the first page and if I overlay it the user cannot easily read while writing. Assuming the first page is a poem or a short story and the 2nd page is the critique of the contents of the first page that would be a good analogy. Need to be able to read from one and write on the other at the same time. But they are not in any sense dependent on each other. The critique is optional Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niche Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 (edited) Sounds like a job for a javascript popup http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_popup.asp Edited October 10, 2013 by niche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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