onClick="window.open('./layout.htm','main','width=700,height=500,top=?,left=?')

i've tried top=50%, top=center

can any one help?

You'd need to get the screen resolution values via javascript, then do the appropriate math to get the centering corrent.

No you can set it to do half the available screen width:

[PHP]

Hi!

[/PHP]

http://www.smileycat.com/js_popup.html

Happy friggin birfday. (That came out of no where. :D)

thanks Telemakhos! that worked perfect!

i took out this code so that your script would do what i wanted it to...
[PHP]// make the window smallish
window.resizeTo(window_height, window_width); [/PHP]

thanks again!

No problem.