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Asked: 2026-05-24T16:21:43+00:00

I am trying to redirect to google search on simple form submit but it

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I am trying to redirect to google search on simple form submit but it won’t work. Here is my code stripped:

<script type="text/javascript">
function search(){
alert("in function!");
var a = document.getElementById("searchbox").value;
a = "http://www.google.com/#q=" + a;
a = a.replace(" ","+");
alert(a);
document.location = a;
}

</script>

<form method="post" action="#" onSubmit="search()">

<input type="text" id="searchbox" />

</form>

I get no alerts at all.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Two things, first it works fine for me, http://jsfiddle.net/LzwAt/1/
    Make sure you have the javascript in the head tag of the file, and don’t forget the submit button ;).

    Also, if you just want to submit to google you could always just do:

    <form action="http://google.com/search" method="GET">
    <input type="text" name="q" />
    <input type="submit" name="go" value="Search">
</form>

    EDIT:
    try this:

    <html>
    <head>
        <script type="text/javascript">
            function search()
            {
                alert("in function!");
                var a = document.getElementById("searchbox").value;
                a = "http://www.google.com/#q=" + a;
                a = a.replace(" ","+");
                alert(a);
                document.location = a;
            }
        </script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <form method="post" action="#" onSubmit="search();return false;">
            <input type="text" id="searchbox" />
            <input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">
        </form>
    </body>
</html>
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