Re: IE7 has no back button in popups

[Rick Stone <rstone75 -at- kc -dot- rr -dot- com>]

Hi Keith

Sorry, but I don't get it. What's wrong with right-clicking and choosing 
Back from the context menu?

Cheers... Rick :)

Keith Hansen wrote:
> Perhaps this isn't really a tech writer question, but I thought SOMEONE
> here might be able to shed light on this!
>
> I have IE7. In my browser, when I click on a link that opens a popup,
> the popup opens--but no Back or Forward buttons are displayed on the
> browser's toolbar. 
>
> I googled and found one site where another person had also experienced
> this problem:
>
> http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/web4lib/2007-August/044988.html
>
> As she wrote:
> "when IE7 is open via a javascript popup command, even if toolbar=yes,
> there are no back or forward
> buttons"
>
> If I click on a link that does NOT involve a javascript popup command,
> IE7 opens a full window with Back and Forward buttons.
>
> My questions:
> * Has anyone else encountered this?
> * Any way to make the popup open WITH the Back/Forward buttons?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Keith
>
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