this keyword with select box onchange attribute in Safaari vs. Chrome, Firefox, IE

Question

Tested in Chrome 20, FF 13, IE 9, Safari 5.1.7.

Can anyone tell me why the following code works in Chrome, Firefox and IE, but not in Safari?

<select id="mySelectBox" onChange="window.open(options[selectedIndex].value);">
<option value="" selected="selected" >Choose a search engine.</option>
<option value="http://www.google.com" >Google</option>
<option value="http://www.bing.com" >Bing</option>
<option value="http://www.yahoo.com" >Yahoo</option>
</select>

My feeling is that Safari is doing the right thing. I shouldn't be able to reference the options property and selectedIndex property without using the this keyword or the more verbose document.getElementById('mySelectBox').

What's going on?

Thanks!

Do you have the "Block Pop-up Windows" setting checked? If so, that's what's stopping it. — j08691, Jul 21 '12 at 18:07

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 21 '12 at 18:09

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If you have Safari's "Block Pop-up Windows" setting checked that will stop this from working.

answered Jul 21 '12 at 18:09

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This is also blocked in Chrome now as well. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30466129/window-open-blocked-by-chrome-with-change-event – Ryan Kara Mar 02 '16 at 15:42

this keyword with select box onchange attribute in Safaari vs. Chrome, Firefox, IE

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