window.location.href and window.open () methods in JavaScript

window.location.href is not a method, it’s a property that will tell you the current URL location of the browser. Changing the value of the property will redirect the page. window.open() is a method that you can pass a URL to that you want to open in a new window. For example: window.location.href example: window.location.href=”http://www.google.com”; //Will … Read more

Using the variable “name” doesn’t work with a JS object

window.name has a special purpose, and is supposed to be a string. Chrome seems to explicitly cast it to a string, so var name = {}; actually ends up giving the global variable name (i.e. window.name) a value of “[object Object]”. Since it’s a primitive, properties (name.FirstName) won’t “stick.” To get around this issue, don’t … Read more

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