How to open URL from JS code?

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August 6, 2018
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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.

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ClayHelberg

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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

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jmikesell

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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.

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kornelius