[thelist] Frames, Javascript and IE 5.5

[.jeff]

ppk,

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: From: Peter-Paul Koch
:
: > probably cause you're not referencing it
: > correctly.  if you want the browser to
: > initiate a page change, then you need to
: > change the href property of the location
: > object.
:
: I used to think so too, but I just tested it
: and found no difference at all between location
: and location.href: both work fine in IE5.5
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i'm curious whether that solved the original problem though.  there's just
too many little inconsistencies between platforms and minor versions to know
for sure without hearing back.

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: I've heard this question before, I also thought
: the .href was the answer, but it isn't (at least,
: not in my tests). Strange, very strange...
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agreed -- very strange.  in most aspects of documentation, it states that
setting the value of the location object or its href property is equivalent.
however, in the href property definition i found the following:

  "The href property specifies the entire URL.
   Other location object properties are substrings
   of the href property. If you want to change
   the URL associated with a window, you should
   do so by changing the href property; this
   correctly updates all of the other properties."

<http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/js/client/jsref/location.htm#119
3550>

very interesting.

thanks,

.jeff

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