Oct 15, '03 09:48:00AM • Contributed by: david_be
Control-click on the JavaScript button, and choose to copy the link (the JavaScript command) and then paste it in the URL address bar and push Enter.
That's very simple...
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A workaround for a JavaScript button problem in Safari
Oct 15, '03 09:48:00AM • Contributed by: david_be
Sometimes, a JavaScript button in my favorite browser doesn't want to work. I can push it a hundred times, but the page won't go further. An example is in MSN group's web pages when you want to participate in a group or send a message (website from Micro$oft Corp., humhum). But I have found a way to go further.
Control-click on the JavaScript button, and choose to copy the link (the JavaScript command) and then paste it in the URL address bar and push Enter. That's very simple...
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A workaround for a JavaScript button problem in Safari
To achieve the same result, you can also drag the link (or button) to the address bar. (Easier for me on my laptop to drag and drop rather than ctrl - click, copy, paste, enter...)
A workaround for a JavaScript button problem in Safari
Didn't work for the place where I was having trouble ( http://webct.ucsd.edu ). I drag the button and it just pastes "javascript:doLogin()" (which is I suppose what the link does :) ) rather than the place it links to, and of course it does not go. I was also a bit dubious about this tip submitting the form for the associated button -- most buttons are associated with CGI after all.
But at least hitting return inside one of the form fields works.
Malformed JavaScript commands
I have had similar problems in IE 5.2 many times. Often, the cause is as easy as undisciplined developers using malformed JavaScript commands in the HREF tags. In most cases, their leaving out the required semicolon at the end of the command is rendering the link useless.
A workaround for a JavaScript button problem in Safari
I've found that "Open in a new window" (Ctrl-Click) often works.
A workaround for a JavaScript button problem in Safari
Heh. That's usually the opposite of what I find happening. I usually (almost always) open links in a new TAB. It burns me up (whoosh!) when the page starts loading in the SAME tab (ACK!) or sometimes, even worse, it will start opening in both of them at once. Arrgh.
A workaround for a JavaScript button problem in Safari
And there's a java button that only works if you control-click it! I mean, no contextual menu or anything, just control-click like it was an apple-click!
A workaround for a JavaScript button problem in Safari
Not all JavaScript problems are Safari's fault. Consider, for example, a button in one frame that changes two other frames, accomplished by a cascade effect in which the first frame changes the second frame, and the second frame changes the third frame.
A workaround for a JavaScript button problem in Safari
I have seen this same problem with IE and Safari, but not with Netscape. Anyone know what the problem is? Perfect example is a PayPal shopping cart... the continue button is javascript that switches the user from the child window (named: paypal) back to the parent window. |
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