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Notsogood13
Notsogood13

Reputation: 109

TypeError: window.open is not a function

I keep getting this error on firebug -> TypeError: window.open is not a function

code:

    $(document).ready(function()
{
    $('.div').click(function()
    {
        var link = $(this).data('link');
        window.open(link);
    });
});

Isn't that function supposed to work?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 30799

Answers (6)

Venkatesh Yeluri
Venkatesh Yeluri

Reputation: 41

If you have a local variable named "window" or "open" then the function "window.open()" would not work anymore.

Upvotes: 0

Arun Joseph
Arun Joseph

Reputation: 3154

If you tried it in chrome console and found it not working, try it as a script preloaded with the page. It worked in my case.

Upvotes: 0

Hp Sharma
Hp Sharma

Reputation: 379

Try this

window.open("https://www.google.com/", "_blank");

This code is working fine for me. If this doesn't work then make sure you should not declare a variable or function named with "open". (I have faced this issue once.)

Upvotes: 1

Erhard Dinhobl
Erhard Dinhobl

Reputation: 1826

late but for all other coders! if you have a global variable named "open" like "open = true;" or "var open = true" or something like that, then the function "open()" would not work anymore.

Upvotes: 15

Ja͢ck
Ja͢ck

Reputation: 173602

Although it's not entirely clear from your question, the value of window.open is not read-only and can therefore be changed by other code, such as:

window.open = false;
// ...
window.open('something') // error: window.open is not a function

If you know what scripts are loaded on your page, this shouldn't be hard to do, just search for anything relating to window.open.

Upvotes: 2

Dipesh Parmar
Dipesh Parmar

Reputation: 27364

I do not know why but below change works for me in your fiddle.

Change

var link = $(this).attr('data-link');
window.open(link);

Upvotes: 0

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