Can I make the browser follow a link after a certain amount of time with jQuery?

Question

I want make a hyperlink turn active and go to that page after a certain amount of time or on pageload. Is this possible with jQuery?

Answer 1

Try this:

setTimeout(followLink, 10000); // 10 seconds

function followLink() {
    window.location = jQuery('#myLink').attr('href');
}

jQuery(function() {
    followLink();
});

I'll also just note that there's nothing particular to jQuery about this: you could pretty easily do the same thing with plain vanilla JS.

Answer 2

I like this way of doing it:

On document ready:

$(function(){
       window.location = $('#link').attr('href');
});

2 seconds after document ready:

$(function(){
    setTimeout(function(){
        window.location = $('#link').attr('href');
    },2000);
});