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Aug 24, 2005, 3:46 AM
ryel01
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hi

What I want to do is print the URL of the window that's currently open by clicking on a link in my bookmarks bar. If the user has a few windows open as tabs in their browser, it should print the one that's currently being viewed or in front.

By clicking directly on this bookmarkt it means there is effectively no referring URL, and the history doesn't apply either (I don't think?).

This is what I've got which pops up the window but the href is coming up as undefined...

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javascript:{void( prompt( document.write( window.location.href ) ,''))}

Can anyone help with this one?

Regan
Aug 24, 2005, 4:49 AM
ryel01
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actually, if anyone can tell me how to access the actual URL that this javascript call creates that would do the trick...

window.history.back()

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Aug 24, 2005, 7:51 AM
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Aug 24, 2005, 7:51 AM
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Total guess:

document.write( window.history.back.href )

Hope that helps/works Blush

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Aug 24, 2005, 2:04 PM
ryel01
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Aug 24, 2005, 2:04 PM
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nope, that didn't work - undefined. Unimpressed

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Aug 24, 2005, 10:34 PM
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Doh :/

How about this?

document.location.href=document.referrer;

Hope that helps.

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Aug 24, 2005, 10:54 PM
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hi andy - nope, that won't work because there's no referrer.

What I'm trying to do is...

when someone is browsing the web and they find a page they like, they can click on my toolbar bookmark (or whatever it ends up being) and it will save the url of that page to their bookmarks database on my server.

not sure if that helps.

r
Aug 24, 2005, 11:57 PM
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Mmm.. something like this then?

http://javascript.internet.com/...ils/bookmark-us.html

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Aug 25, 2005, 1:36 AM
ryel01
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Aug 25, 2005, 1:36 AM
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hi Andy - yes, "similar" to that concept, accept the pages they are browsing won't be mine so I can't insert a bookmark us link into the html page.

it's just a toolbar link or something that's always there, so if you like a particular page you click on my link (?) and it saves that URL to your own personal bookmarks list "on my server" (not in their browser).

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Aug 25, 2005, 1:38 AM
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Aug 25, 2005, 1:38 AM
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Mmm.. not sure thats possible (at least note with some kind of C/vB knowledge). Afraid thats well out of my area <G>

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Aug 25, 2005, 1:40 AM
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Afraid thats well out of my area <G>

me too I feel. Unsure

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh well.

i like your icon.

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Aug 25, 2005, 1:58 AM
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i like your icon.

Cool

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Aug 29, 2005, 11:05 AM
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Aug 29, 2005, 11:05 AM
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Hi,

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actually, if anyone can tell me how to access the actual URL that this javascript call creates that would do the trick...

window.history.back()

Browsers don't let you do this due to security considerations (you shouldn't be able to view what URL's a browser has been to).

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