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Javascript - Open in same Window

Hi,
Once the user selects a Town and clicks "Go" I wish the selected page to open in the same window and not load to "_blank" as it does at present. (see code below)


<SELECT id=discover style="FONT: 11px Arial; WIDTH: 120px; HEIGHT: 18px" name=select>
<OPTION value="" selected>Choose Region:</OPTION>
<OPTION value="../towns/town.asp?ID=1">Town1</OPTION>
<OPTION value="../towns/town.asp?ID=2">Town2</OPTION>
<OPTION value="../towns/town.asp?ID=3">Town3</OPTION>
<OPTION value="../towns/town.asp?ID=4">Town4</OPTION>
<OPTION value="../towns/town.asp?ID=5">Town5</OPTION>
</SELECT>

<SCRIPT type=text/javascript>
<!--
function jumptolink(what){
var selectedopt=what.options[what.selectedIndex]
var URL=selectedopt.value
window.open(URL)
}                                          
//-->
</SCRIPT>
<A style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; LEFT: 0px; WIDTH: 18px" onclick="jumptolink(document.getElementById('discover'))" href="javascript:">GO</A>
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Roonaan
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Hi,

replace window.open(URL); with window.location = URL; or document.location = URL;

-r-
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Hi Roonaan

thanks for your response, unfortunately none of the suggested solutions worked :(
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Can you try adding an alert like so:
alert(URL);

Is the url filled as expected?

-r-
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gcmachel
Try this,

window.open('test.html','_self','height=200,width=400,status=yes,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no');

if u need more help refer this URL  -  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/methods/open_0.asp

Regards - G.
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@ Roonaan

The Javascript alert shows:

../towns/town.asp?ID=4
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Then window.location = URL; should work. Try window.location.href=URL; or window.location.replace(URL);

-r-
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window.location.href=url should work
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Sorry none of the examples you sent me worked when I tested it in Internet Explorer, yet it did work when I tried the line window.location=URL; in Firefox

Looks like a bug in IE 6 ?
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Thanks Roonaan,

That did the trick, don't know why that version worked..but it did..many thanks again for all you help and patience!

fgict :)
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return false on the onClick is what did it
and it is window.location or window.location.replace(url) that is the correct syntax
document.location is deprecated

Alternative would be


<SCRIPT type=text/javascript>
<!--
function jumptolink(what){
return what.options[what.selectedIndex].value
}                                  
//-->


<A style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; LEFT: 0px; WIDTH: 18px" onclick="this.href=jumptolink(document.getElementById('discover'))" href="#">GO</A>
WITHOUT the return false