window.location is a property in JavaScript for getting the current page's location.
Questions tagged [window.location]
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JavaScript: location.href to open in new window/tab?
I have a JavaScript file from a third party developer. It has a has link which replaces the current page with the target. I want to have this page opened in a new tab.
This is what I have so far:
if (command == 'lightbox') {
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How to remove the hash from window.location (URL) with JavaScript without page refresh?
I have URL like: http://example.com#something, how do I remove #something, without causing the page to refresh?
I attempted the following solution:
window.location.hash = '';
However, this doesn't remove the hash symbol # from the URL.
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Detect HTTP or HTTPS then force HTTPS in JavaScript
Is there any way to detect HTTP or HTTPS and then force usage of HTTPS with JavaScript?
I have some codes for detecting the HTTP or HTTPS but I can't force it to use https: .
I'm using the window.location.protocol property to set whatever the site…
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What's the difference between window.location and document.location in JavaScript?
Should both of them reference the same object?
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JavaScript hard refresh of current page
How can I force the web browser to do a hard refresh of the page via JavaScript?
Hard refresh means getting a fresh copy of the page AND refresh all the external resources (images, JavaScript, CSS, etc.).
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Difference between window.location.assign() and window.location.replace()
What is the difference between window.location.assign() and window.location.replace(), when both redirect to a new page?
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window.location versus just location
Across the web, I see a vast number of JavaScript programmers writing window.location instead of just location. I was curious if anyone could offer an explanation as to why. window is the global object, and therefore it is unnecessary to include --…
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How can I make a HTML a href hyperlink open a new window?
This is my code:
test
When you click it, it takes you to Yahoo but it does not open a new window?
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Change hash without reload in jQuery
I have the following code:
$('ul.questions li a').click(function(event) {
$('.tab').hide();
$($(this).attr('href')).fadeIn('slow');
event.preventDefault();
window.location.hash = $(this).attr('href');
});
This simply fades a div in…
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What is the difference between "window.location.href" and "window.location.hash"?
I learned "window.location.hash" new and tried in my jquery code instead of "window.location.href" and both of them gave same results.
Code is here :
window.location.href = ($(e.currentTarget).attr("href"));
window.location.hash =…
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Setting JavaScript window.location
I'm currently setting the window.location.pathname property to redirect the user to a relative URL. The new URL has parameters, so the line of JavaScript looks like this:
window.location.pathname = window.location.pathname.substring( 0,…
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possible to replace window.location.hash?
I'm wondering whether it's possible to change the hash in window.location.hash and replace it with 'this.id'. Or would I need to change the entire window.location?
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removing the # from window.location.hash
I have this simple script:
$(document).ready(function(){
var $yoyo = window.location.hash;
alert($yoyo);
});
But I need to get rid of the # symbol as I'll be using the variable to locate div ids. I've tried using .remove('#') but that doesn't…
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What happens to code after a javascript redirect (setting window.location.href)?
I have the following javascript redirect code followed by some more code.
window.location.href = '/someurl';
alert('hello');
alert('hello again');
This causes a browser inconsistency.
In firefox, the first alert is visible for a split second right…
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Clearing URL hash
Visit stackoverflow.com/#_=_ and window.location.hash evaluates to #_=_. Fine.
Now execute window.location.hash = '' to clear the hash, and the URL becomes stackoverflow.com/#. (Notice the trailing #.)
Why is the # in window.location.hash…
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