The document.location.href is not working in Chrome browser

Question

The command:

document.location.href="www.google.com"

Does not change the current web page in the google chrome browser. The command does transfer the page in the IE9 browser.

Why would this command work for IE9 but not for chrome?

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 03 '12 at 12:33

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You need to add the protocol:

document.location.href="http://www.google.com";

answered Nov 03 '12 at 12:33

Mendhak

Add a slight delay before the actual redirect.You can use setTimeout for that. I had the same problem, added protocol and wrapped setting the href into a setTimeout and now it works. – Zahir J Jan 30 '18 at 08:59

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

7

An alternative solution is to add this line before document.location.href

window.event.returnValue = false;

edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

Community

answered Nov 05 '12 at 05:50

Ashwin G

1

Note that `event.returnValue = false` has been deprecated in favor of `event.preventDefault()`. – Roger Dueck Mar 27 '15 at 19:54

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