I've been trying to get this right but any of the code i try works.. i looked here and i couldn't find an useful answer. I have this code on the "onclick" event of a button:

function myFunction(){
 window.open("mypage.html","_self");
}

that is supposed to open the url in the same tab, but it doesn't do anything. On the other hand if i take out the "_self" argument, it does work but it opens the url in another tab which is exactly what i don't want.

help please?..

I've been trying to get this right but any of the code i try works.. i looked here and i couldn't find an useful answer. I have this code on the "onclick" event of a button:

function myFunction(){
 window.open("mypage.html","_self");
}

that is supposed to open the url in the same tab, but it doesn't do anything. On the other hand if i take out the "_self" argument, it does work but it opens the url in another tab which is exactly what i don't want.

help please?..

• javascript
• html
• firefox

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• This should work. Can you point to the actual testcase you're using? – Boris Zbarsky Commented Oct 17, 2011 at 14:55
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Use this instead:

function myFunction() {
   window.location = "mypage.html";
}

This will replace the current document in the current window/tab with a new document loaded from that URL.

If you want to open in the same tab replacing its contents you could perform a redirect:

window.location.href = 'mypage.html';

you are correct but just to make sure that the target page is in the same location or folder and must be in single quote.

if in the same location/folder then:

window.open('target.html';'_self');

if in different location/folder then:

window.open('folder/target.html';'_self');

Hope this works for you.