Question

have a href as follows:

<a class="eLink" href="http:www.abc.com">chk here xyz</a></li>

and javascript for “eLink” is as follows:

    $("a.eLink").click(function link(evt) {
        url = evt.target.href;

        if (url.toString().toLowerCase().indexOf(".gov") <= 0) {

            var tk = "Do you really want to continue?";

            if (confirm(tk)) {
                window.open(url, 'newwin');
            }else{
               window.open(url,'_self'); 
            }
        }
        else
        { window.open(url, 'newwin'); }

        return false;
    });
});

Now my issue is when i click the href and click ‘cancel’ in the confirm button, my page goes to “abc.com”, but it shouldnt happen. My browser should remain the same. what script should i use in the else part so i remain the same page. thanks.

Answer 1

Just take the else out.

if (confirm(tk)) {
    window.open(url, 'newwin');
  }

Sidenote, IE8 and lower doesn’t implement the indexOf function so you may want to patch it by writing your own implementation.