How to open URL from JS code?

[jmikesell]

Does anyone know how to open a URL via JS? I have tried window.open() which works in the Preview and on Android but not iOS.

[ClayHelberg]

I've struggled with this too. One workaround I've found, which relies on a confirmation popup:

• Create a popup version of a confirmation dialog
• Instead of an OK button, put a Hyperlink widget on the dialog, but style it to look like an OK button
• When you want to follow the link:
  • Show the popup
  • Set the link target using JS
• User clicks the OK "button", which is really a Hyperlink, and navigates to the target location

--Clay

[jmikesell]

Yeah that's what I arrived at as a workaround. The bit of internet research i did seems to point to a "feature" in Safari on iOS that does not allow a window.open action unless it originates from a click. So where Android/Chrome and IE will allow JS to invoke window.open directly Safari will not.

[kornelius]

window.location = "myURL" solves the issue on iOS. It opens a new browser tab in Safari.