Why is Confluence blocking execution of onclick=javascript... code within an {html} section?

Question

I have code like this:

{html}<input type=button value="Open Jira" onclick="javascript:open.window('http://jira.__.com')" /> {html}

Confluence shows the button, but when you click it, nothing happens. View Source in my browser shows the code is there. When I put this code in a plain HTML page it works.  Confluence seems to be blocking it. Our administrator confirmed that all options are "enabled" for the HTML pluging.  Any ideas?

Thanks,

Kevin

Todd Katz · Answer

Thanks for the tips. I'd done a recent installation and, in fact, the html macros were not enabled!

So this code works for me. I'm hoping to do something with images so if I can't figure it out, I'll probably be back begging for more help :)

But in the meantime thanks for the great community support and happy holidays!

Remo Siegwart · Answer

What version of Confluence are you using? I tested your code in 3.5.13 and 4.0 and it worked like expected. I just had to enable the html macro of the Confluence HTML Macros plugin which should be preinstalled in Confluence. Do you have the setting "JavaScript served in header" in Confluence Admin => General Configuration enabled?

Kevin Kraemer1 · Answer

Oops, thanks, but in fact, that was a typo in my original post - I was actually trying window.open(), but seeing the "nothing happens" behavior.  Something appears to be blocking the execution of JS.