Safari not opening a href with window.location.href

javascript safari

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Try with either document.location.href or just location.href .

Hey there. Your code should work. Well i tried this simple example on Safari browser and it works good. Try yourself.

<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">
    function countClicks()
         { 
           window.location.href = "http://www.stackoverflow.com";
         }
</script>
</head>
<body onLoad=countClicks()>
</body>
</html>

Anchor Property : FYI : I have used window.open

<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">
    function countClicks()
     { 
      window.open("http://stackoverflow.com", "_blank");
     }
</script>
</head>
<body>
<a href="#" name="xy" onclick="javascript:countClicks(this);">Visit StackOverflow Website</a>
</body>
</html>

Passing variables from function

<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">
    function countClicks(a,b)
    { 
       window.open("http://stackoverflow.com?id="+a+"&id2="+b, "_blank");
    }
</script>
</head>
<body>
<a href="#" name="xy" onclick="javascript:countClicks(2,3);">test</a>
</body>
</html>

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user1170040

Updated on June 04, 2022

Comments

user1170040 almost 2 years

Safari ignores the a href link. Other browsers pass the countClicks function AND pass the link to open the new browser window. Any suggestions?

The JavaScript source is as follows:

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">
    function        countClicks(enterprise_code,sid_code,buspart_id,prod_id,server_name,path_info,query_string)
    {
    window.location.href = "/sharedInc/cf/polTrack.cfm?Buspart_id=" + buspart_id + "&Enterprise_Code=" + enterprise_code + "&Sid_Code=" + sid_code  + "&Prod_id=" + prod_id + "&Server_Name=" + server_name + "&Path_Info=" + path_info + "&Query_String=" + query_string;
    }
</script>

Whereas the HTML markup is:

<a href="http://www.polclients.com" target="_blank" onclick="countClicks('POL','POL',6808,387,'www.princetonol.com','/index.cfm','x=x&at=no')">Link</a>