Opening URL on same window / Tab in Mobile Interface?

vineetk · ‎09-22-2015

Hello Everyone,

I am trying to redirect a URL by using action.serRedirectURL(url);

But when I use this function in UI action it redirects me to the specified URL but into a new window / Tab and not in the same window.

I want, it to open in same window / tab.

Please let me know your suggestions on same.

Thank You

Vineet

vineetk · ‎10-10-2015

Hello Everyone,

Got the reason why I was getting redirected to new tab / window.

Earlier I was using the below url for redirecting:

var url = "https://<instance-name>/$m.do#/form/sc_req_item/"+current.sys_id+"/sysparm_view=Mobile";

action.setRedirectURL(url);

But instead, have to use the URL in the following form and which helped me to redirect on the same tab / window.

var url = "#/form/sc_req_item/"+current.sys_id+"/sysparm_view=Mobile";

action.setRedirectURL(url);

i.e. just the url from "#/form" excluding the <instance-name> part.

Thank you

bernyalvarado · ‎09-26-2015

Hi Vineet,

Have you tried using window.location.href ?

Thanks,

Berny

vineetk · ‎09-26-2015

Hi Berny,

Yes, I have tried "window.location.href", but it seems "window" function doesnt work in case of mobile UI Actions.

Thank You

Regards

Vineet

bernyalvarado · ‎09-26-2015

Ah ok. I guess your UI action is a server one.

Have you tried doing a redirect using the glideRecord of the record you will like to redirect to?

To direct a user to a record, use this syntax, where new_record is the variable name for the GlideRecord:

action.setRedirectURL(new_record);

Thanks,

Berny

bernyalvarado · ‎09-26-2015

If that doesn't work, then you may want to try switching your UI action to be a client one

I hope this helps.

Thanks,

Berny