I am trying to load a link after 4 seconds after click. Javascript and link are below

 <script>
 function myFunction()
 {
 setTimeout(function(){window.location.assign(this.getAttribute('href'))},4000);
 }
 </script>

<a href="" onclick="myFunction(); return false">

But its not working. How can i solve this. Thanks for your answers.

I am trying to load a link after 4 seconds after click. Javascript and link are below

 <script>
 function myFunction()
 {
 setTimeout(function(){window.location.assign(this.getAttribute('href'))},4000);
 }
 </script>

<a href="http://www.foo." onclick="myFunction(); return false">

But its not working. How can i solve this. Thanks for your answers.

• javascript
• jquery

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• Why do you want to do this and break how browsers work, including Ctrl-click? – Matijs van Zuijlen Commented Dec 19, 2017 at 12:58

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You need to pass the clicked element reference to the click handler

<a href="http://www.foo." onclick="myFunction(this); return false">

then

function myFunction(el) {
    setTimeout(function () {
        window.location.assign(el.getAttribute('href'))
    }, 4000);
}

or using jQuery

function myFunction(el) {
    setTimeout(function () {
        window.location.assign($(el).attr('href'))
    }, 4000);
}