window.open.self - using a HTML button

**truegilly** · 06-19-2007 06:16 AM

Hi Everybody

i have a html button that when clicked i want it to open the page within the same window. I have set the following code in the on-click event and it has the odd bit of PHP in too.

the window.open.self just doesnt work, can any of you chaps offer a solution ??

heres my code...

HTML Code:

<input type="button" onClick="javascript:window.open.self('?section=booking_edit_request&id=<?=$_GET['id']?>&action=go&makeBooking=yes');" value="Make Booking" />

any help is most appriciated

many thanks

Truegilly

**jbezanson** · 06-19-2007 08:26 AM

Code:

<input type="button" onClick="window.location='?section=booking_edit_request&id=<?=$_GET['id']?>&action=go&makeBooking=yes');" value="Make Booking" />

something like this

**A1ien51** · 06-19-2007 08:36 AM

um, you do not use window.open to change the location of the current page, instead you use the window.location object

window.location.href = "mypage.html";

Eric

**truegilly** · 06-19-2007 10:53 AM

thanks for both your input

ive been experimenting with the location method and carnt seem to get it working, i have tried a few different combinations of the location.href, losing the () round the expression and losing the javascript: thats at the begining of the onclick event.

here is the code in its current state...

HTML Code:

<input type="button" onClick="window.location.href('?section=booking_edit_request&id=<?=$_GET['id']?>&action=go&makeBooking=yes');" value="Make Booking" />

can you offer any suggestions ??

many thanks

truegilly

**truegilly** · 06-19-2007 11:12 AM

thanks for both your input

ive been experimenting with the location method and carnt seem to get it working, i have tried a few different combinations of the location.href, losing the () round the expression and losing the javascript: thats at the begining of the onclick event.

here is the code in its current state...

HTML Code:

<input type="button" onClick="window.location.href('?section=booking_edit_request&id=<?=$_GET['id']?>&action=go&makeBooking=yes');" value="Make Booking" />

can you offer any suggestions ??

many thanks

truegilly

**A1ien51** · 06-19-2007 11:27 AM

look at my example, there are no parenthesis. () is for executing a method, href os a property.

Eric

**Guerino1** · 02-01-2012 06:07 AM

Hi,

I'm trying to couple the "window.location.href" command with the values in a straightforward HTML Select statement, with the intent to get the links to open in the same browser page. It should be simple but I seem to be stuck.

I followed the advice in the thread but I can't seem to get the "window.location.href" command to work. If I use the "window.open" command, instead, the links open in new browser tabs without any issues, but I really need to get them to open in the same browser window/tab. Could someone please take a look at my code and advise as to what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks, in advance, for any help you can offer.

Frank

Code...

<h1>Menu Test</h1>
<form name="Form1">
<select style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" name="Drop1">
<option value="http://www.google.com/" selected="selected">Google</option>
<option value="http://www.if4it.com/">IF4IT</option>
<option value="http://www.msn.com/">MSN</option>
<option value="http://www.yahoo.com/">Yahoo</option>
</select>
<input
onclick="window.location.href(document.Form1.Drop1.options [document.Form1.Drop1.selectedIndex].value); this.selectedIndex = 0; " value="Go" type="button">
</form>

**Guerino1** · 02-01-2012 10:33 AM

Hi,

I received a message telling me that "J. H. Rasmussen" responded to my question. However, after logging back on, I don't see it online. I don't know if there's a delay between the mail notification system and the posting but I decided to include the post so that J. H. Rasmussen's solution could be shared with others...

Thanks J. H. for your response. It worked, first try!

If there are any other options that others are aware of, please feel free to share. All solutions are welcomed and appreciated.

My Best,

Frank

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FROM "J. H. Rasmussen"...

This should do it:

Code:
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en-US" lang="en-US">
<head profile="http://www.w3.org/2005/10/profile">
<title>HTML Select Menu Test Page</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
<meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache" />
<meta http-equiv="cache-control" content="no-cache" />
<meta http-equiv="expires" content="-l" />

</head>
<body>
<h1>Menu Test</h1>
<form name="Form1">
<select style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" name="Drop1">
<option value="http://www.google.com/" selected="selected">Google</option>
<option value="http://www.if4it.com/">IF4IT</option>
<option value="http://www.msn.com/">MSN</option>
<option value="http://www.yahoo.com/">Yahoo</option>
</select>
<input onclick="top.location.href=document.Form1.Drop1.options[document.Form1.Drop1.selectedIndex].value; this.selectedIndex = 0; " value="Go" type="button">
</form>
</body>
</html>
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I removed window.open and added top.location.href. If the code is in a iframe, and you want the website to open in that iframe, then you can use location.href.

top.location.href will make sure that the entire window is taken over by the new url.
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