window.location.replace() is not working

Question

just wanna ask why does window.location.replace is not working in my page. I've been working on it for weeks. It works fine on my other pages, although those pages have DevExpress components, but in this particular page where I am only using normal html and asp tags and components it is not working. It seems to be refreshing only and not redirecting. Here is my code for the button:

<asp:Button ID="btnCancelValidatePassword" runat="server" 
                        CausesValidation="False" ClientIDMode="AutoID" CssClass="ButtonControl" 
                        Height="30px" OnClientClick="window.location.replace('../Account/Settings.aspx')" Text="CANCEL" Width="100px" />

Thanks.

Answer 1

I had an issue with it not working when reloading same page in Chrome . Doing the following worked:

   window.location.replace("/mypage1.aspx?type=abc"); //redirect to fake page
   window.location.replace("/mypage.aspx?type=abc");  //redirect to same page

It is a bit of a hack, but this seems to be the only thing that forces a reload on the same page in Chrome. IE and FF work without the redirect to a fake page.

Answer 2

.replace() is a method of the String object

window.location is not a string. Use window.location.href instead and call .replace() on window.location.href .

window.location.href.replace(/string_to_be_replaced/, 'string_to_replace');