document.location does not change the webpage in IE9?

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I am trying to redirect to a different page in IE9 (9.0.3).

When I try to get/set document.location, or document.location.href, or window.location/window.location.href, I'm unable to do so. It fails without giving any errors.

I've tried to check whether the document and windows objects are set, and they are, so I have no idea why the location object is "missing".

I tried getting the document.URL and that works fine, but it's read-only.

Anyone know what the problem is or how to achieve this in a cross-browser way?

I believe this will answer your question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7857878/window-location-vs-document-location — Ivan, Nov 23 '11 at 16:22

score 8 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 22 '12 at 20:36

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I was also experiencing the same problem but found that adding

window.event.returnValue = false;

above line in the javascript before the redirection resolved the problem.

edited Jan 22 '12 at 20:36

Bo Persson

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answered Jan 22 '12 at 19:49

denmark dinga

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Holy cow.This is the solution . Gr8 work dinga. Seriously would hv gifted you something - this problem has been driving me crazy for the past 1 week – Ashwin G Nov 05 '12 at 05:49
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Fixes ie9 but breaks Firefox – spryce Jul 15 '14 at 04:12

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 23 '11 at 16:23

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See this: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/iewebdevelopment/thread/c864ae63-66f6-4656-bcae-86b0018d70c9

Apparently it's a caching bug, you can solve it by appending a timestamp to the destination URL (that is, using a "unique" URL every time).

answered Nov 23 '11 at 16:23

Viruzzo

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Note that the guy in this post is doing something weird. He submits a form to (somepage) then he redirects to (somepage) - the same page. Why he didn't just submit the form without ajax idk. I think the "caching issue" is specific to this behavior. – James Nov 23 '11 at 17:21

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 23 '11 at 16:24

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Perhaps your IE9 has some security restrictions in place that prevent JavaScript from directing URL's. window.location.href = "" should work normally on IE9.

answered Nov 23 '11 at 16:24

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 23 '11 at 16:24

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Cache may be the reason, try:

location.href='something.php?tmp=' + Date.parse(new Date())

Hope it helps

answered Nov 23 '11 at 16:24

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 05 '12 at 12:07

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You should use an absolute URL:

var url = '/section/page/';
var host = window.location.hostname;
window.location = 'http://' + host + url;

Where url is the relative path to your page.

answered Jan 05 '12 at 12:07

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document.location does not change the webpage in IE9?

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