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I often find myself in pop-ups that have no address bars. Safari has an awkward shortcut to invoke the address bar (command+shift+\), but I discovered that the Google shortcut on the edit menu accomplishes the same thing, and is a more natural Option+Command+F. To test this, go to http://www.mac.com and click on the "Help" link just below the Quicktime tab. This results in a classic no-address-bar popup window that you can use to test the shortcut.
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Convert Safari popups to normal windows.
Try Command L That brings you to the location field with the address highlighted. I looked in the menus and apparently that's the key command for Open Location...
Convert Safari popups to normal windows.
That's right, CMD+L will bring down the Address field [temporarily] and put the Mac's focus on it, so you can immediately type a URL.
Not quite 'normal'
Unfortunately, neither [CMD]-L, [CMD]-T or [CMD+OPT]-F will restore a pop-up window's ability to be re-sized. (This is especially frustrating in JavaScripted image enlargements that do not fully accommodate the image width - a common problem with Safari.)
Not quite 'normal'
Once you get the address, you can paste it into a normal window. Then resizing will be enabled.
right (control) click
You can right(control) click on an image pop-up and choose "open image in new window". This works for all manner of pop-ups, for that matter, except for frames, where you'll only get the particular frame that your mouse is over in a new window.
Not quite 'normal'
I wish (and have submitted as a suggestion to Apple) that Safari gave me the option to ignore the requests of page designers to do stupid things...
Sadly, I've seen no action on this yet, but I am optimistic...
it is obnoxious
I admit that I have done it in the past: no resize, no scroll, no address bar. I think it is a product of the almost total control in print design. But too many sites annoyed me when their non-resizable windows were the wrong size for their flash content or images. So now I tend to believe the need to control the users enviroment is a design flaw. If you think you need to display in a little pop-up box, you're not trying hard enough.
it is obnoxious
I'm guilty, too, but I agree with all of these points and I promise I'm changing my ways. I'll always allow scrollbars & resizing, from now on, but I might hold back on the toolbars and address bars. There are some reasons I can imagine for doing so:
Not quite 'normal'
The unresizeable window is hell. My first listed bookmark, i.e. "command-1" is Alas, I, too enjoy the presence of the Address Bar and Status bar, so I have to use seven (!) keys to ameliorate the pop-up problem: "command-1" "command-/" "command-shift-|"
All window features with one command key
Would be even better if you open a new window with all the window features with only one command key. Try
Just chage the window sizes values as desired.For other javascripts tricks try Bookmarklets. JavaScript codes that add extra browser features for search, navigate, web development and much more options. You can store them in your favorites bar or menu. More bookmarklets sites: Jesse's Bookmarklets, Tantek Faveletes, Smoking Gun's, Troels', Trylookinghere's |
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