TypeError: window.open is not a function

Question

I keep getting this error on firebug -> TypeError: window.open is not a function

code:

    $(document).ready(function()
{
    $('.div').click(function()
    {
        var link = $(this).data('link');
        window.open(link);
    });
});

Isn't that function supposed to work?

Answer 1

late but for all other coders! if you have a global variable named "open" like "open = true;" or "var open = true" or something like that, then the function "open()" would not work anymore.

Answer 2

Although it's not entirely clear from your question, the value of window.open is not read-only and can therefore be changed by other code, such as:

window.open = false;
// ...
window.open('something') // error: window.open is not a function

If you know what scripts are loaded on your page, this shouldn't be hard to do, just search for anything relating to window.open.