JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by sfoster
HTML
<button onclick="openPopup(); return false">
Print me from popup
</button>
JavaScript
const url = "data:text/html,%3Ch1%3EHello%2C%20World%21%3C%2Fh1%3E";
var windowObjectReference = null; // global variable
function openPopup() {
if(windowObjectReference == null || windowObjectReference.closed)
/* if the pointer to the window object in memory does not exist
or if such pointer exists but the window was closed */
{
windowObjectReference = window.open(url,
"SomePopup", "width=200,height=600,resizable,scrollbars,status");
/* then create it. The new window will be created and
will be brought on top of any other window. */
}
else
{
windowObjectReference.focus();
/* else the window reference must exist and the window
is not closed; therefore, we can bring it back on top of any other
window with the focus() method. There would be no need to re-create
the window or to reload the referenced resource. */
}
}