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Window.open fails

I have this HTML:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title></title>
    <script>
		function ls250_window() {
			window.open("show_summ_ls250.php");
			window.location = "my_projects.php";
		}	
	</script>
  </head>
  <body onLoad="ls250_window();">
  </body>
</html>

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My intention is to open the window as indicated, then make the active window show my_projects.php. That part works.

The window.open does not. Is that because an absolute url is required? Like http://www.xyz.com/ (etc).

Or maybe a timer to make sure the window.open completes BEFORE the redirect?

Thanks

Robert Granlund

I believe it needs a full url

Brian Tao

I don't think it's relevant. Either related path or absolute path will work in window.open.
The issue you're facing is that the window.location runs successfully before the window.open because javascript runs in an async manner.
What you can do is as you mentioned, adding a timer to the window.location call, or change the code to use something similar to a callback function as below:

function ls250_window() {
  var win=window.open("show_summ_ls250.php");
  win.onload = function(){window.location = "my_projects.php"};
}

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leakim971

You don't need to use the full path with protocol and domain, just the path to the page
What is the full path ?

Use : window.location.assign("/
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/location

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title></title>
    <script>
		function ls250_window() {
			window.open("show_summ_ls250.php");
			window.location.assign("/my_projects.php");
		}	
	</script>
  </head>
  <body onLoad="ls250_window();">
  </body>
</html>

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