Open Url in Same Window and in Same Tab

You need to use the name attribute:

window.open("","_self")

Edit: Url should be prepended with protocol. Without it tries to open relative url. Tested in Chrome 59, Firefox 54 and IE 11.

Use this:

location.href = "";

In order to ensure that the link is opened in the same tab, you should use window.location.replace()

See the example below:

window.location.replace("");

Source:

You can have it go to the same page without specifying the url:

window.open('?','_self');

If you have your pages inside "frame" then "Window.open('logout.aspx','_self')"

will be redirected inside same frame. So by using

"Window.open('logout.aspx','_top')"

we can load the page as new request.

One of the most prominent javascript features is to fire onclick handlers on the fly. I found following mechanism more reliable than using location.href='' or location.reload() or window.open:

// this function can fire onclick handler for any DOM-Element
function fireClickEvent(element) {
    var evt = new window.MouseEvent('click', {
        view: window,
        bubbles: true,
        cancelable: true
    });

    element.dispatchEvent(evt);
}

// this function will setup a virtual anchor element
// and fire click handler to open new URL in the same room
// it works better than location.href=something or location.reload()
function openNewURLInTheSameWindow(targetURL) {
    var a = document.createElement('a');
    a.href = targetURL;
    fireClickEvent(a);
}

Above code is also helpful to open new tab/window and bypassing all pop-up blockers!!! E.g.

function openNewTabOrNewWindow(targetURL) {
    var a = document.createElement('a');
    a.href = targetURL;

    a.target = '_blank'; // now it will open new tab/window and bypass any popup blocker!

    fireClickEvent(a);
}

Open another url like a click in link

window.location.href = "";

Do you have to use window.open? What about using window.location=""?

window.open(url, wndname, params), it has three arguments. if you don't want it open in the same window, just set a different wndname. such as :

window.open(url1, "name1", params); // this open one window or tab
window.open(url1, "name2", params); // though url is same, but it'll open in another window(tab).

Here is the details about window.open(), you can trust it!

have a try ~~

open url in the current tab page using _self

const autoOpenAlink = (url = ``) => {
  window.open(url, "open testing page in a same tab page");
}

<a
 href=""
 target="_self"
 onclick="autoOpenAlink(')">
   open url in the current tab page using `_self`
</a>