Open new window after a click event not working in Safari, Chrome

Question

I\'m trying to open a new window like so:

$(\'#wrapper\').click(function() {
    window.setTimeout(function() {
        //alert(\'hi\');
        window.open(         


        

Answer 1

Safari/Chrome have built-in pop-up blockers that stop this from working. The only javascript that is allowed to open a new window in Safari/Chrome is javascript directly attached to click handlers (and other direct user input handlers). In past versions people figured out some ways to cheat (like generating some other element -- a form or div -- and simulating user input with javascript), but newer versions are smarter about detecting this. I'd recommend re-configuring things so that you don't use a delayed pop-up -- that is the kind of thing that can generally be jarring to a user after all.

Answer 2

I got around this by checking the return value of window.open() for undefined. If that is true call alert() with a message for the user to to disable their popup blocker.

var myWin = window.open([args]);

if (myWin == undefined)
   alert('Please disable your popup blocker');

Answer 3

Another workaround
Just open a popup with ACCEPT and CANCEL options and attach the window.open
action to the ACCEPT button and it will works. It worked for me...