What's wrong with my javascript code to open my url in same window with input value included?

Question

I want to open the url in the same window, my code below works fine if i open the url in another tab, but when i added the _self target to open it in the same window, it doesn't working :/ where is my error?

<input type="text" name="url" id="url" value="brad.jpg" onclick="this.value=''" /><br/><br/>
<input type="submit"  onclick="javascript: window.open('http://MyURL.net/' + document.getElementById('url').value, '_self');">

Use the [browser console (dev tools)](https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/q/8525) (hit `F12`) and read any errors. — Sebastian Simon, Aug 30 '17 at 05:48
Possible duplicate of [Open URL in same window and in same tab](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8454510/open-url-in-same-window-and-in-same-tab) — Mo'men Mohamed, Aug 30 '17 at 05:48

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 30 '17 at 05:49

Extracted the code into a function and it works fine:

function callSubmit() {
  window.open('http://MyURL.net/' + document.getElementById('url').value, '_self');
}

<input type="text" name="url" id="url" value="brad.jpg" onclick="this.value=''" /><br/><br/>
<input type="submit" onclick="callSubmit()">

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 30 '17 at 05:58

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See this Fiddle : Fiddle

<input type="text" name="url" id="url" value="brad.jpg" 

onclick="this.value=''" /><br/><br/>
<input type="submit"  onclick="window.open('http://www.google.co.in');" target='_blank'>

answered Aug 30 '17 at 05:58

Maulik

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What's wrong with my javascript code to open my url in same window with input value included?

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