Launch download in the same tab without opening new tab or window in Javascript

Asked 2012-09-11T08:20:41.210

I am using this javascript function to launch download

function startDownload(url) {
   window.open(url, 'Download');
}

It works, but i want to block any new tab or new window launch, thanks.

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window.open will open a new window \ tab (depending on user preferences) ... to just download the file use

window.location.href = url;

You can use this if the url returns a downloadable file rather than a web page

answered 2012-09-11T08:23:15.917