Try this out: http://jsfiddle.net/333Qy/1/
<script>
function directions(sacred) {
var x = screen.width / 2 - 700 / 2;
var y = screen.height / 2 - 450 / 2;
console.info(sacred);
window.open(sacred.action, 'Directions', 'height=485,width=700,left=' + x + ',top=' + y);
return false;
}
</script>
<p>
<form action="http://maps.google.com/maps" method="get" target="Directions"
onsubmit="directions(this);">
<input class="directions-input" id="saddr" name="saddr" type="text" placeholder="enter zip-code"
value="enter zip-code" onfocus="this.value = this.value=='enter zip-code'?'':this.value;"
onblur="this.value = this.value==''?'enter zip-code':this.value;" />
<input type="submit" class="directions-submit" />
<input type="hidden" name="daddr" value="210+East+Northampton+Street,+Bath,+PA"
/>
<input type="hidden" name="hl" value="en" />
</form>
</p>
onsubmit should be a function call. Also, sacred is undefined. I have made the changes in the above code
<form action="http://maps.google.com/maps" method="get" target="Directions"
onsubmit="Directions=window.open('about:blank','Directions','width=600,height=400,left={left},top={top}'.replace('{left}', screen.width/2-700/2).replace('{top}', screen.height/2-450/2));">..</form>
I don't know why, but i does not always work.
http://jsfiddle.net/greatghoul/MCRAG/embedded/result/
Code is here.
http://jsfiddle.net/greatghoul/MCRAG/