Adding an onclick function to go to url in JavaScript?

Question

I am using this fancy little JavaScript to highlight a field as the user hovers over it. Could you please tell me if there is a way of adding an onclick function which will act as a link and go to a URL?

<script>
         $(function() {
            $('tr').hover(function() {
                $(this).css('background-color', '#eee');
                $(this).contents('td').css({'border': '0px solid red', 'border-left': 'none', 'border-right': 'none'});
                $(this).contents('td:first').css('border-left', '0px solid red');
                $(this).contents('td:last').css('border-right', '0px solid red');
            },
            function() {
                $(this).css('background-color', '#FFFFFF');
                $(this).contents('td').css('border', 'none');
                $('a#read_message.php').click(function(){ URL(); });
            });
        });
        </script>

Answer 1

Try

 window.location = url;

Also use

 window.open(url);

if you want to open in a new window.