Javascript: open a new page in the same window

Question

Is there an easy way to change this code so that the destination URL opens in the same window?

<a href="javascript:q=(document.location.href);void(open('http://example.com/submit.php?url='+escape(q),'','resizable,location,menubar,toolbar,scrollbars,status'));">click here</a>'' 

Answer 1

The second parameter window.open () is a string representing the name of the target window.

Install it: "_self".

 <a href="javascript:q=(document.location.href);void(open('http://example.com/submit.php?url='+escape(q),'_self','resizable,location,menubar,toolbar,scrollbars,status'));">click here</a> 

Sidenote: The following question gives an overview of perhaps the best way to link event handlers to HTML links.

What is the best way to replace js function references?

Answer 2

 <script type="text/javascript"> window.open ('YourNewPage.htm','_self',false) </script> 

see link: http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/met_win_open.asp

Answer 3

 <a href="javascript:;" onclick="window.location = 'http://example.com/submit.php?url=' + escape(document.location.href);'">Go</a>; 

Answer 4

try it, it worked for me in ie 7 and ie 8

  $(this).click(function (j) { var href = ($(this).attr('href')); window.location = href; return true; 

Answer 5

Here is what worked for me:

 <button name="redirect" onClick="redirect()">button name</button> <script type="text/javascript"> function redirect(){ var url = "http://www.google.com"; window.open(url, '_top'); } </script> 

Answer 6

I would take it a little differently if I were you. Change the text link when the page loads, rather than a click. I will give an example in jQuery, but it can be easily done in javascript (although jQuery is better)

 $(function() { $('a[href$="url="]') // all links whose href ends in "url=" .each(function(i, el) { this.href += escape(document.location.href); }) ; }); 

and write your HTML as follows:

 <a href="http://example.com/submit.php?url=">...</a> 

the advantages of this is that people can see what they click on (href is already installed) and it removes javascript from your HTML.

All this suggests that you are using PHP ... why not add it on the server side?

Answer 7

So, adding the url at the end of href will each link open in the same window? Perhaps you can also use _BLANK in HTML to do the same.

Answer 8

try

 <a href="#" onclick="location='http://example.com/submit.php?url='+escape(location)" >click here</a>