Question

Extremely relevant:

http://code.google.com/p/facebook-actionscript-api/issues/detail?id=256

Specifically:

I’ve discovered that popups are blocked unless triggered by a user
action, e.g. a button click. So the solution to this problem is to
only call Facebook.login() from a MouseEvent.CLICK handler.

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However on my website, this is what I do and the popup is still blocked:

$('#fb-login-button').click(function () {
    FB.logout();
    setTimeout(function() {
        FB.login();
    }, 2000);
});

Is it because the FB.login() call is being invoked by the setTimeout() function and not directly in the click handler?

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Yes, browser blocks your popup because of setTimeout call.

if you remove setTimeout it won’t be blocked.

great explanation is here:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/7060302/384442