Open website in Shadowbox using JavaScript

[GeorgeGub]

Hello, for now I'm oppening a link in a new tab/window by using JavaScript:

window.open('http://www.example.com/','_blank');

There isn't the option there to use the  tag (to include rel="shadowbox"), so can I alter the existing code somehow so the link will open in shadowbox? If there is another and better solution to open the link through JavaScript i'm happy to hear it!

Thanks in advance

[GeorgeGub]

Anyone? Please, it's really important and i have tryied everything.

[otheroom]

I'm not quite following what you're trying to accomplish.

Are you trying to have a SB window open at page load?

Do you want to know what javascript to use to open a SB window?

Are you just trying to get an external site to open in a SB iframe?

[ravishsehgal]

Hi i want to open a custom URL i mean i have to make a custom string of URL and then want to pass that in a shadow box pop-up and that too with a button not link, also when i close Shadow box the parent window should get refresh.
please help with ideas...and few steps will really be helpful...
thanks in advance

[GeorgeGub]

You are correct, it was a bad explanation. Let me explain in a better way:

I'm oppening a link in a new tab/window by using JavaScript:

window.open('http://www.example.com/','_blank');

This is the same like < a href="http://www.example.com/" target="_blank" >

I just want to open this external website NOT in a new window, but in a Shadowbox iFrame.

It can be done by HTML (< a href="http://www.example.com/" rel="shadowbox" >) but I need to do it using JavaScript. Is there a way?

[otheroom]

I would think that you could make a javascript call like this:

Shadowbox.open({
        content:    'http://www.site.com/page',
        player:     "iframe",
        title:      "New Window",
        height:     350,
        width:      350
    });

Of course you'd have to have called shadowbox_init() already.

[GeorgeGub]

Thank you very much! That's exactly what I wanted!

PS: I'm feeling a little stupid because it was quite easy..