Avoid popping blocking when calling window.open from .change()

Question

I have a select menu, for which I have the following code:

$('#sister-site-menu').change(function(){
  if ($(this).val()) {
    window.open($(this).val(), '_blank');
  }
});

This however causes the popup blocker to be invoked in Chrome. I'm sure I've seen sites do this before, any ideas?

Thanks!

See http://stackoverflow.com/a/2587692/1273830 – Prasanth Aug 27 '12 at 11:01 — Prasanth, Aug 27 '12 at 11:01

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 27 '12 at 10:32

1

You can safely remove the 'blank'-part. Try this:

$('#sister-site-menu').on('change',function(){
  if ($(this).val()) {
    window.open($(this).val());
  }
});

If that does not work, I see no other way around this.

answered Aug 27 '12 at 10:32

OptimusCrime

Unfortunately that still invokes the popup blocker. Thanks anyway. – DanH Aug 27 '12 at 11:05

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