refresh first before going to new window

[paoparaopao]

i want to refresh the page first before going to a new window by just clicking one link.
the scenario is, if i click the link, the page will refresh and after it refreshes, it goes to another window.
thanks.

[acoder]

Welcome to The Scripts.

What do you mean by going to a new window? Do you mean open a new window or give focus to a new window?

I don't know why you'd want this, but you could pass something in the URL, e.g. refresh=1 and then check on body onload if refresh has been set to 1. If so, go to the new window.

[paoparaopao]

I have this link that if you click it, it will direct you to another page. What i want is, when i click the link, the page will refresh first then, after it refreshes, it will go to the new page.

It is something like you refresh the page, then clicking the link-and I go to a new window. I just like to do the refresh and go to a new window after it refreshes by just clicking one link.

Thanks.

[paoparaopao]

Hi,

I have also tried onClick="window.location.reload()"; before the "</a>" of the href but when I clicked it, it only refreshes the page and not going to the window. but when I right click the link, and chose open in new window, it still goes to the page.

I hope you guys understand what I wanted to do., I just want to refresh the window, then after it refreshes, it goes to another window by just clicking one link.

Thanks

[sumittyagi]

Hi,

I have also tried onClick="window.location.reload()"; before the "</a>" of the href but when I clicked it, it only refreshes the page and not going to the window. but when I right click the link, and chose open in new window, it still goes to the page.

I hope you guys understand what I wanted to do., I just want to refresh the window, then after it refreshes, it goes to another window by just clicking one link.

Thanks

hi! paoparaopao!
I don't understand why u want to do this. this in out of a real scenario, and unstable thing to do.
and answer is: it is not possible. as everything gets refreshed when you refresh the page, scripts, events, etc. everything.

But yea! a similar thing is possible: you can do get the reference of parent window from child window(using window.opener, or window.parent). so you can do refresh after opening the link in new window.

But if possible, try avoiding such scenarios, as this is not a good practice.