window.open not working in chrome extension popup

Question

i want to create a button on a popup page that redirect to google search page when clicked so i used window.open this is the html

<li> 
    <input type="image" src="http://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=www.google.com" onClick="google()">
</li>

and the javascript

function google(){ 
    window.open("http://www.google.com/search?q="+document.search.query.value);
}

this works fine when i preview the code in chrome window but in the extension popup page the button doesn't do anything, why?

put the unput element in a tag with target="blang" href=your link, this work for me — user3227295, May 19 '15 at 08:11
try this code: chrome.windows.create({'url': 'your url', 'type': 'popup'}, function(window) { }); — user3227295, May 19 '15 at 08:36
possible duplicate of [onClick within Chrome Extension not working](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13591983/onclick-within-chrome-extension-not-working) — Zig Mandel, May 19 '15 at 12:46

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 19 '15 at 08:32

1

Chrome extensions cannot use inline code. Instead, get the element in Javascript. See https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/contentSecurityPolicy

answered May 19 '15 at 08:32

Daniel Herr

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

0

I used to have this problem too, but I use Jquery, so far so good.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

Community

answered May 19 '15 at 08:59

wong ian

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When encountering such situations, in most cases you should flag the question as duplicate and not create an answer that is just "This question answers this". – Xan May 19 '15 at 09:00

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