mailto using javascript
I want to open a new outlook mail template with the 'To address' whenever a user clicks an image. I have return my code in a html page(linked with the image), whenever it loads the javascript should open a new mail template. But the functionality is not working. Kindly let me know what is wrong in my code.
body onLoad="redirect()"
script language="JavaScript"
function redirect()
var email = "[email protected]"
var mailto_link = 'mailto:' + email
window = window.open(mailto_link, 'emailWindow')
if (window && window.open && !window.closed)
window.close()
Answer
No need for jQuery. And it isn't necessary to open a new window. Protocols which doesn't return HTTP data to the browser (mailto:, irc://, magnet:, ftp:// (<- it depends how it is implemented, normally the browser has an FTP client built in)) can be queried in the same window without losing the current content. In your case:
function redirect()
{
window.location.href = "mailto:[email protected]";
}
<body onload="javascript: redirect();">
Or just directly
<body onload="javascript: window.location.href='mailto:[email protected]';">