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Javascript redirect function is not redirecting

function myFunction() {
location.replace("https://www.w3schools.com")
}
in the script tag
<button onclick='myFunction()'>Submit</button>
in the html
Any idea why this very basic command doesn't work?

check this example:
https://www.w3schools.com/howto/tryit.asp?filename=tryhow_js_redirect_webpage
If your button is inside the form then need to specify as type of button
<form>
<button onclick="myFunction()" type="button">Replace document</button>
</form

I tested your code and it works fine..
Try clearing your cache inspect and right click on reload choose clear cache.
Did u link your script file ?
<script src="script.js"></script>

Inserting a big JavaScript in a html onlick Tag

I have a big JavaScript Code in a html file like
<script>CODE</script>
Now, this whole paragraph should only execute if the user clicks on a button (or something like that)
for example
<button id="MyButton" onclick= ???>MyButton</Button>
Thanks Guys :)

Wrap your code in a function, and specify that function in your button onclick.
<script>
function doSomething() {
CODE
}
</script>
<button id="MyButton" onclick="doSomething()">MyButton</button>

HTML Input type image won't redirect upon click?

I have the following code, which works fine:
<input type="button" name="btnHello" value="Hello" onclick="Test();"/>
and here is the JS function:
function Test() {
window.location.href = "Page2.aspx";
}
When I click my Hello button, it redirects to Page2.aspx like expected. But when I change my button to an image button:
<input type="image" src="images/myimage.jpg" name="btnHello" onclick="Test();"/>
It no longer works. The page posts back, but its more like a refresh. I can put an alert in the JS function to see that it is getting called, but I'm not sure why the redirect doesn't work? Has anyone ever experienced this?
I know its probably something stupid, but I'm stumped.
Many thanks in advance!

You need to return false from the event handler to prevent the default action.
However, since you don't want it to postback in the first place, you might as well use an ordinary <img /> instead of an <input />.

The redirect is getting cancelled because you are doing a postback. Add return false; after the function test();
e.g
onclick="test();return false;"

Try using an img tag:
<img src="images/myimage.jpg" name="btnHello" onclick="Test();"/>

input type image does not have a onclick event. You need to use the img tag instead.
<img onclick="Test();">

Open button in new window?

How would I go about making the button open in a new window, emulating "a href, target = _blank"?
I currently have:
<button class="button" onClick="window.location.href='http://www.example.com';">
<span class="icon">Open</span>
</button>
The button isn't in a form, I just want to make it open in a new window.

Opens a new window with the url you supplied :)
<button class="button" onClick="window.open('http://www.example.com');">
<span class="icon">Open</span>
</button>

I couldn't get your method to work #Damien-at-SF...
So I resorted to my old knowledge.
By encasing the input type="button" within a hyperlink element, you can simply declare the target property as so:
<a href="http://www.site.org" target="_blank">
<input type="button" class="button" value="Open" />
</a>
The 'target="_blank"' is the property which makes the browser open the link within a new tab. This attribute has other properties, See: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_a_target.asp for further details.
Since the 'value=""' attribute on buttons will write the contained string to the button, a span is not necessary.
Instead of writing:
<element></element>
for most HTML elements you can simply close them with a trailing slash, like so:
<element />
Oh, and finally... a 'button' element has a refresh trigger within it, so I use an 'input type[button]' to avoid triggering the form.
Good Luck Programmers.
Due to StackOverflow's policy I had to change the domain in the example:
https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/208963/why-are-certain-example-urls-like-http-site-com-and-http-mysite-com-blocke

<input type="button" onclick="window.open(); return false;" value="click me" />
http://www.javascript-coder.com/window-popup/javascript-window-open.phtml

You can acheive this using window.open() method, passing _blank as one of the parameter. You can refer the below links which has more information on this.
http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/met_win_open.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536651(v=vs.85).aspx
Hope this will help you.

If you strictly want to stick to using button,Then simply create an open window function as follows:
<script>
function myfunction() {
window.open("mynewpage.html");
}
</script>
Then in your html do the following with your button:
Join
So you would have something like this:
<body>
<script>
function joinfunction() {
window.open("mynewpage.html");
}
</script>
<button onclick="myfunction()" type="button" class="btn btn-default subs-btn">Join</button>

How to make a button redirect to another page using jQuery or just Javascript

I am making a prototype and I want the search button to link to a sample search results page.
How do I make a button redirect to another page when it is clicked using jQuery or plain JS.

is this what you mean?
$('button selector').click(function(){
window.location.href='the_link_to_go_to.html';
})

$('#someButton').click(function() {
window.location.href = '/some/new/page';
return false;
});

Without script:
<form action="where-you-want-to-go"><input type="submit"></form>
Better yet, since you are just going somewhere, present the user with the standard interface for "just going somewhere":
ta da
Although, the context sounds like "Simulate a normal search where the user submits a form", in which case the first option is the way to go.

In your html, you can add data attribute to your button:
<button type="submit" class="mybtn" data-target="/search.html">Search</button>
Then you can use jQuery to change the url:
$('.mybtn').on('click', function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
var url = $(this).data('target');
location.replace(url);
});
Hope this helps

With simple Javascript:
<input type="button" onclick="window.location = 'path-here';">

You can use:
location.href = "newpage.html"
in the button's onclick event.

No need for javascript, just wrap it in a link
<button type="button">button</button>

This should work ..
$('#buttonID').click(function(){ window.location = 'new url'});

You can use window.location
window.location="/newpage.php";
Or you can just make the form that the search button is in have a action of the page you want.

this is the FASTEST (most readable, least complicated) way to do it, Owens works but it's not legal HTML, technically this answer is not jQuery (but since jQuery is a pre-prepared pseudocode - reinterpreted on the client platform as native JavaScript - there really is no such thing as jQuery anyway)
<button onclick="window.location.href='http://www.google.com';">Google</button>

You can use this simple JavaScript code to make search button to link to a sample search results page. Here I have redirected to '/search' of my home page, If you want to search from Google search engine, You can use "https://www.google.com/search" in form action.
<form action="/search"> Enter your search text:
<input type="text" id="searchtext" name="q">
<input onclick="myFunction()" type="submit" value="Search It" />
</form>
<script> function myFunction()
{
var search = document.getElementById("searchtext").value;
window.location = '/search?q='+search;
}
</script>

From YT 2012 code.
<button href="/signin" onclick=";window.location.href=this.getAttribute('href');return false;">Sign In</button>

Use a link and style it like a button:
Click this button

And in Rails 3 with CoffeeScript using unobtrusive JavaScript (UJS):
Add to assets/javascripts/my_controller.js.coffee:
$ ->
$('#field_name').click ->
window.location.href = 'new_url'
which reads: when the document.ready event has fired, add an onclick event to a DOM object whose ID is field_name which executes the javascript window.location.href='new_url';

There are a lot of questions here about client side redirect, and I can't spout off on most of them…this one is an exception.
Redirection is not supposed to come from the client…it is supposed to come from the server. If you have no control over the server, you can certainly use Javascript to choose another URL to go to, but…that is not redirection. Redirection is done with 300 status codes at the server, or by plying the META tag in HTML.