Allow user to change URL in window.open()

Question

I have the following code which opens a new window when a user clicks on a button:

$('.loginButton').click(function () {
    var strString = $("#medlineSearch").val()
    var strSearch = "http://google.com&query=";
    var url = strSearch + strString;
    alert(strSearch+strString);
    var windowName = $(this).attr('id');
    window.open(url, windowName, "height=750,width=1250,scrollbars=1,resizable=1,location=1");
    // custom handling here
    return false;
});

What I am looking to do is allow the user to enter something else in the address bar which seems to be read only.

Is there any way to change that?

possible duplicate of [change url of already opened popup](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10774211/change-url-of-already-opened-popup) — joeytwiddle, Aug 21 '15 at 01:09

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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You cannot change the url in popup window.

Read change url of already opened popup

Trick to do so

open console and type location.href='http://link.com'

edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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answered Feb 14 '14 at 20:04

Tushar Gupta - curioustushar

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The thing is, I want the address bar to be free text. I am thinking it is not possible to do that. – Si8 Feb 14 '14 at 20:07
this actually changes the page... i'm trying take screenshots of a page not yet in production (release) but the URL is a staging URL which won't do for release documentation – Michael May 05 '17 at 16:17

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 14 '14 at 20:18

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If you want to be able to change it, set the target to _blank.

This will prevent the new page to open as popup, but as new page.

window.open
( 'http://google.com'
, '_blank'
);

The jsfiddle.

answered Feb 14 '14 at 20:18

Patrick Hofman

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**Hits my head against the wall** Thanks :) – Si8 Feb 14 '14 at 20:27
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this does not work if a third parameter is provided (which it needs to be if the window also needs to be resized) – Michael May 05 '17 at 16:17

Allow user to change URL in window.open()

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