4. Pages may display in the same or a new window
When you click a top menu or submenu item on a navigation bar (or on any image, button or text with an imbedded hyperlink), you will be taken to a new location either within the website or on an external (offsite) website.
Also, the new location may display within the same browser window or in a completely new window.
A. Pages that open in the SAME WINDOW or the SAME TAB
When you click on a hyperlink, you will be taken to a new location that usually displays within the same window of your browser.
For example, the "News/Issues" menu link illustrated below takes you to a new page in the same window. Most menu items and links on our website open in the same browser window.
If you want to go back to the originating page, you have to do one of the following:
1. Use the "back arrow" at the top left of your browser to go back.
OR
2. Click on the menu item on the navigation bar that takes you back.
Go ahead! Click on the navigation bar below. Just be sure to come back though by using the back arrow button or navigation bar.
B. Pages that open in a NEW WINDOW or a NEW TAB
Some hyperlinks, however, open pages in new windows. On our website these include: the "Provincial" link, the "Members' Centre" link, Facebook, Twitter, the "e-newsletter" subscription button and all CBC news stories (on the News/Issues page).
FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU CLICK ON THE "E-NEWSLETTER" BUTTON BELOW YOU'LL BE TAKEN TO ANOTHER LOCATION IN A NEW WINDOW (YOU'LL NOW HAVE TWO WINDOWS OPEN AT THE SAME TIME).
NOTE ABOUT TABBED BROWSING: By default, browsers such as Firefox or Chrome use "tabs" that allow several different pages or websites to open in the same window. The user toggles between items by clicking on tabbed titles. A tab is closed by clicking on the X. (See part D below for more on tabbed browsing)
Go ahead . . . click on the button below to open a new browser window or a new tab if you're using a tabbed browser!
Once you are finished with the new window that displays subscription information, close it by clicking the red X. Now only the original window from which you started (this "Website Tips" page) will display.
Of course, you can go ahead and subscribe to our E-newsletter if you haven't already done so!
C. Windows computer users
Since most of you are Windows computer users, you will know how many windows (or programs) are open by referring to the taskbar at the bottom of your screen display.
The illustration below indicates that there are two active windows: Windows Media and Windows Live. A user would be able to toggle back and forth between these two windows by clicking on either title. (The light blue title indicates the window that would be currently open if this were the real thing.) As stated above, any window can be closed by clicking the red X.
D. Browsers that use "tabs"
Browsers can use
tabs that allow users to view multiple pages or websites in the same window. For example, Firefox, Google Chrome and Opera are examples of browsers that use tabs as defaults, and all browsers such as Internet Explorer and Safari can be set up for
tabbed browsing.
Firefox: Click here to learn more about how tabs work (this will take you to an offsite website whose page opens on a new window or new tab).
Internet Explorer:
Click here to learn more about how tabs work.
Safari:
Click here to learn more about how tabs work.
Chrome: Click here to learn more about how tabs work.
