Opening a url from

[paul_james123]

Hello,

I'm new and unfamiliar with the terms so I'm not getting what I need when searching the forum. This is probably a pretty straightforward issue, though. NOTE: I'm using Animate CC to export an HTML5<canvas> final product. (I believe this uses EaselJS)

In my script in Animate, I'm first adding an Event Listener to 'MyInstance'.

stage.MyInstance.addEventListener("click", linkToWebSite.bind(this)); //Adds event listener

Then later in that script, I have a function that is called by that event:

function zoomMilestone( someUrl ) {

//here's where I want to take the 'someUrl' that is coming across and open that URL in a new browser window.

};

What is the code that would go into that function above to open the url in a new window?

Thanks much!

[ClayUUID · Accepted solution]

Open URL in new window with Javascript - Stack Overflow

So You Want To Open A Window, Huh?

Using the window.open method

[Colin Holgate]

The default action is that windows you open are in a new window, so you can get away with this (no need to include _blank):

function zoomMilestone( someUrl ) {

    window.open(someUrl);

}

One complication is that you can't just redirect people, it needs to come from a user action. Hopefully it will work for your case.

[paul_james123]

Thanks Colin and ClayUUID!

That's simply what I needed.

...I'd appreciate some help with the terminology so I can find that kind of thing on my own:

Isn't "window.open()" Javascript?

I assumed I should be looking at the EasleJS site (EaselJS v0.8.2 API Documentation : EaselJS ) for syntax because I thought my Animate CC draws to the screen using the EaselJS canvas framework. (But I couldn't find anything that worked at that site.)

When I'm looking for some syntax solution that works for my Animate CC + HTML5<canvas> project, should I just search for the Javascript solution?

Thanks again!

[ClayUUID]

CreateJS is not a language, it's a library, written in JavaScript. The scripting language in HTML5 Canvas documents is JavaScript. You do audio/visual/event things using the CreateJS library, and everything else using plain vanilla JavaScript.

I don't understand why you keep putting "canvas" in angle brackets when you write it.

[paul_james123]

Thanks ClayUUID. It's starting to make sense now.

You wrote: "I don't understand why you keep putting "canvas" in angle brackets when you write it."

Probably because I don't know what I'm talking about. I was just repeating how someone else referred to the output from Animate CC.

Thanks for helping clarify things.