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Sean237
Sean237

Reputation: 1

window.open freezing when called from onchange function in ios 6 Safari

<select id="myDropDown" onblur='launchSite()'>
    <option value="selectone" selected="true">Select One</option>
    <option value="http://www.google.com">Google </option>
    <option value="http://www.cnn.com">CNN </option>
    <option value="http://www.espn.com">ESPN </option>
</select>


<script>

function launchSite()  {
    var el = document.getElementById("myDropDown");
    var url = el.options[el.selectedIndex].value;
    window.open(url);
}
 </script>

We have a web app that opens a new browser page when a certain values are selected from a dropdown. This worked fine in all previously tested browsers including Safari on ios 5. After the dropdown value is selected in ios 6, we get the Allow/Deny popup which is expected. But then after making a selection on the popup Safari totally freezes. The strange thing is that this freezing does not happen every time. Only occasionally. Is it possible this is a ios 6 bug? I've tried onblur() like other questions have suggested but I still get ocassional freezing. I am able to see the problem using the code above.

Thanks for any help!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2360

Answers (2)

jswidget
jswidget

Reputation: 21

function launchSite(){
    window.setTimeout(function(){
        var el = document.getElementById("myDropDown");
        var url = el.options[el.selectedIndex].value;
        window.open(url);
    },100); }

Put this in the onchange event handler should solve the freezing problem

Upvotes: 2

Troy Grosfield
Troy Grosfield

Reputation: 2271

We ran into a very similar issue when trying to call:

window.open(url, '_self')

in Chrome and Safari. Instead, define where you want to open the window to:

window.open(url, '_blank')
or
window.open(url, '_new')

However, if you want to open as '_self', or the current window, then just call:

windown.location.href = url;

Upvotes: 0

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