Popup windows tab

This tab is shown in Progress and Statistics window and displays the list of popups opened during loading and viewing of current document, both blocked and not blocked by Ad Annihilator. You may use it to view which popups are blocked. Popups are added to this list automatically while new popups open or make an attempt to open. Popups are removed from this list when either popup windows corresponding to them are closed or when you remove them manually. See How to block popups? and How to unblock popups? for more information on popup blocking and unblocking.

List structure

There are following columns displayed in the list:

• "Address" - Internet address of the popup document (URL);

• "Window name" - name of the popup window if it was specified by the web site .

Following columns are available only in advanced mode.

• "Top" - vertical coordinate of the top left corner of the popup on the screen;

• "Left" - horizontal coordinate of the top left corner of the popup on the screen;

• "Width" - popup width in pixels;

• "Height" - popup height in pixels. Top, Left, Width, and Height columns indicate exact popup position on the screen;

• "Menu bar" - indicates if the web site requested the menu in the popup to be visible;

• "Full screen" - indicates if the web site requested that the popup be shown in full screen mode;

• "Status bar" - indicates if the web site requested the status bar in the popup to be visible;

• "Toolbar" - indicates if the web site requested the toolbar in the popup to be visible. With Ad Annihilator you can make the toolbar, status bar and menu visible in any window by pressing Ctrl-Alt-M keys.

Following columns are available only in simple mode.

• "Blocked" - shows if the popup was blocked;

• "Rejecting filter" - the filter that rejected the popup if it is rejected. The filter that rejected the popup is always shown in red. Use "Find blocking filter" option in Popup windows tab context menu to find out which filter rejected the item.

Legend

Popups shown in the list are marked by the following icons:

• - the popup was not blocked or opened by user manually. You may block a popup for future browsing with "Block this popup" button on Popup windows tab toolbar. To close the popup use "Close popup" option in Popup windows tab context menu;

• - the popup was blocked. You may unblock a popup for future browsing with "Unblock this popup" button on Popup windows tab toolbar. To open the popup use "Open popup" option in Popup windows tab context menu.

Popup windows tab toolbar

There are following buttons on Popup windows tab toolbar:

• "Open popup window" - re-opens the selected popup if it was blocked;

• "Block this popup" - blocks the selected popup for future browsing. See How to block popups? for more information on popup blocking;

• "Unblock this popup" - unblocks the selected popup for future browsing. See How to unblock popups? for more information on unblocking;

• "Close popup" - does the same as similar button in Popup windows tab context menu;

• "Find filter" - does the same as similar button in Popup windows tab context menu.

Popup windows tab context menu

Popup windows context menu is shown when you right-click a popup in the Popup windows tab:

Use Popup windows tab context menu to perform popup-specific operations. Following options are available:

• "Open popup" - does the same as similar button on Popup windows tab toolbar;

• "Close popup" - closes the selected popup;

• "Block this popup" - does the same as similar button on Popup windows tab toolbar;

• "Unblock this popup" - does the same as similar button on Popup windows tab toolbar;

• "Find blocking filter" - locates the filter that affects popup blocking or unblocking in Popup filters tab. This command allows you to diagnose filter processing and find errors in your filter structure. See Understanding popup filters to learn about popup filters ;

• "Remove from list" - removes the selected popup from the list. This does not effect the popup window itself and its blocking and allows you to avoid cluttering up of this list with excessive items;

• "Clear list" - similar to Remove button but removes all popups from the list;

• "Copy shortcut" - copies a link to the selected popup window to clipboard. You may later paste this link in Windows Explorer or onto the desktop to get a direct shortcut to this window for quick access;

• "Properties" - opens Popup window properties window with extended information about the selected popup window.