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I have the following html code:
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="buttonClicked.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="confirmChangeId" name="selectionForm" method="POST">
<input id="btnChange" type="submit" value="Change">
</form>
</body>
</html>
using the following javascript:
window.onload = function() {
initFunc();
}
var initFunc = function() {
var change = document.getElementById("btnChange");
change.onclick=function() {
window.location.href='http://stackoverflow.com';
//alert("change button clicked"); // If this line is uncommented, then the page re-direction does occur
}
}
Using Firefox, when the alert is uncommented in the JS file then the redirection does occur. To throw a further spanner in the works, no redirection occurs whatsoever when using Chrome or Opera. I'm clearly missing something small here, but can't find what it is. Suggestions?
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asked Sep 16 '26 14:09
If you want the redirection to reliably work, you must add return false; at the end of your onlick function.
Note: You should really attach event listeners to the objects instead of using the outdated onclick property.
var change = document.getElementById("btnChange");
change.addEventListener('click', function(event) {
event.preventDefault(); // stops the click from completing
window.location.href='http://stackoverflow.com';
}, false);
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