Question

I am having some browser compatibility problems with what I am trying to do here.

I have a form on a webpage :

 <form method="POST" target="_blank" 
       onsubmit="refreshparent()" action="https://processor.com/payment.php" >
       <input type="HIDDEN" name="unit_key" value="92393d" >
       <input type="HIDDEN" name="cost" value="100.20" >
       <input type="HIDDEN" name="user_id" value="92393d" >
       <input type="SUBMIT" name="SUBMIT"  value="Click to open payment site" >
 </form>

When the user submits the form, I want a new window to open and I want a javascript function called “refreshparent” to get called.

  <script type="text/javascript">
       function refreshparent()
       {
           alert("test");
           window.location.replace ("http://mysite.com/main-menu.html");
        }
  </script>

This works in some browsers, but not in Chrome. Is there a better way to get a form submit and javascript call to happen from the same button click ?

Answer 1

Instead of using target='_blank' to open the new window you could just prevent the default submit action and use window.open instead. Not sure, but that might solve your Chrome issue.