JavaScript window.location doesn't work in content editor webpart

Question

my issue is, that the following script with its window.location function doesn't work in a sharepoint content editor webpart. I've tested it as a standalone and it worked fine, but as soon I inserted it in the content editor webpart nothing seemed to happen when the script was executed.

I would appreciate any kind of help

<script type="text/javascript">
    function redirect(){
       var search = document.getElementById('searchtxt').value;
       var url = "test.com/test.aspx?s="+search;
       window.location = "http://"+url+"";
       return;
    }
    </script>
    <input type="text" id="searchtxt"/> <input type="submit" value="Search" onclick="return redirect()"/>

Answer 1

There is a problem in function call you should change

<input type="text" id="searchtxt"/> <input type="submit" value="Search" onclick="javascript:redirect();return false;"/>

issue in onclick="javascript:redirect();return false;"

Answer 2

First of all you need to rule out that its firing you function!

add an alert("fired"); just to see that its executing the function. The next step is to see that it is the window.location that is causing it to act like it is so you put an alert before and after it like so:

function redirect(){ 
   alert("fired");
   var search = document.getElementById('searchtxt').value; 
   var url = "test.com/test.aspx?s="+search; 
   alert("the url is: " + url );
   window.location = "http://"+url+""; 
   alert("the full location is: " + window.location);
   return; 
} 

Now you should see three message boxes, the first to check to see the function is being triggered, the second to see that the correct url is being added and that it got that far and the third is to make sure the final location url is correct and its gone past that part also.

Answer 3

In addition to @Dandroid's comment: You could be conflicting with a built-in SharePoint function name, or a 3rd party JavaScript library.

Try renaming the function to something more unique (e.g. charly_redirect()).

We prefix all function names with an abbreviation of our company name, to avoid these very problems.