Re: Resolving relative URLs with JavaScript

Hi Julien,

you could use location.protocol + "//" + location.hostname

Michel

--- In [email protected], "Julien Royer" <eldebaran@...> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> 
> I am wondering if there is a DOM method which enables to access the
> URL resolve engine of the underlying browser. I tried the following
> solution :
> 
> var a = document.createElement("a");
> a.href = "ho-ho-ho/";
> alert(a.href);
> 
> It works properly on FF 1.5 and Opera 9 (returns for example
> "http://example.com/ho-ho-ho/"), but IE just returns the original
> string.
> 
> I would like to avoid a handmade solution, as it would be quite boring
> to test all the possible cases (use of the <base> tag for exemple).
> Furthermore, I find it paradoxal not to be able to do that as the
> JavaScript is running in a Web browser...
> 
> Thank you by advance for your answers !
> 
> Julien
>