Input form to change relative URL in javascript

Question

I have got a problem.

I need to have an simple input form which will change the relative URL of the page. Lets say i've got site.com/index

<form>
<p>
  <label for="url"</label>
  <input id="url" type="text" onchange="var a = document.createElement('a');
  a.setAttribute('href', this.value); this.value = a.href; window.location.search="/a.href";" placeholder="Search">
  <button type="submit">Submit</button>
</p> </form>

Where did i go wrong? Whatever i type in the form, it will redirect me to site.com/index?
Maybe i got it wrong and this can only be handled on the backend.

Thanks in advance.

selami · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-17 21:10:35Z

1

Try the folloiwng

<form>
<p>
  <label for="url"</label>
  <input id="url" type="text" onchange="window.location='/'+this.value;" placeholder="Search">
  <button type="submit">Submit</button>
</p> </form>

answered Oct 17, 2016 at 21:10

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nesaulov Over a year ago

Nope, didn't work - still redirects page to index?.

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