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Asked: 2026-05-10T20:00:48+00:00

We have a JavaScript function named move which does just windows.location.href = any given

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We have a JavaScript function named ‘move’ which does just ‘windows.location.href = any given anchor‘.
This function works on IE, Opera and Safari, but somehow is ignored in Firefox. Researching on Google doesn’t produce a satisfactory answer why it doesn’t work.
Does any JavaScript guru knows about this behavior, and what would be the best practice to jump to an anchor via JavaScript?

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  1. Have you tried just using 

    window.location = 'url';

    In some browsers, window.location.href is a read-only property and is not the best way to set the location (even though technically it should allow you to). If you use the location property on its own, that should redirect for you in all browsers.

    Mozilla’s documentation has a pretty detailed explanation of how to use the window.location object.

    https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.location

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