Thanks, that was very helpful. It seems I was using an old example as a model.
With more bumbling around I was able to make it work. On Aug 4, 4:36 am, String <[email protected]> wrote: > It's impossible to say without seeing your code in context, but there > certainly are lots of issues with what you did post. > > First, your linkToIt() function won't work as is. I'm guessing you > want > > window.location = linkArray[ran]; > > instead of > > windows.location = linkArray[ran]; > > and I'm assuming you've defined both linkArray and ran somewhere else > in scope. > > Second, my understanding is that the href="javascript:" syntax is > deprecated. I'd recommend using on onclick handler instead, something > like this: > > <a href="#" onclick="linkToIt(); return false;"><img ... /></a> > > Note also that you had some extra spaces inside the <a> tag, > specifically after the href attribute name. I wouldn't be surprised if > this caused problems on some browsers. > > Third, the target="_blank" you had won't work with the window.location > syntax you're using. If you want a URL opened from JS to be in a new > browser window, you'll need to use the window.open function, rather > than the location property. Alternately, you could set the href > attribute of the link from JS (rather than calling JS when the link is > clicked), but that'd be a bigger rewrite. > > HTH, > > String > > On Aug 3, 12:54 am, ntuple <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > Am a newbie to gadgets and am having trouble with a simple task. I'm > > making a gadget displaying random images from an array andlinking > > them to correspondingURLsin my domain using a function like this: > > > function linkToIt() > > { > > windows.location= linkArray[ran]; > > > } > > > The link call is this: > > > <a href ="javascript:linkToIt()" target="_blank"> <img > > name="dogOfDay" width=100 height=80 /> </a> > > > This is giving me a "linkToIt() is not defined error". In plain > > Javascript I'd expect to put the function in the <head> so it can be > > recognized, but as this is not possible in a gadget how can I define a > > link dynamically based on a variable ? > > > thanks --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
