Visit selected link on button

Answer 1

jsFiddle Demo

HTML

<select id="atheist">
    <option value="http://google.com">Google</option>
    <option value="http://yahoo.com">Yahoo</option>
</select>

<input id="downloadbtn" type="button" value="download" />

JS

function openLink(){
    var e = document.getElementById("atheist").value;
    console.log(e);
    var win = window.open(e, "_blank");
    win.focus();
}

window.onload=function(){
    var downloadbtn = document.getElementById("downloadbtn");
    downloadbtn.onclick=openLink;
};

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addEventListener Method jsFiddle

JS

function openLink(){
    var e = document.getElementById("atheist").value;
    var win = window.open(e, "_blank");
    win.focus();
}

window.onload=function(){
    var downloadbtn = document.getElementById("downloadbtn");
    downloadbtn.addEventListener("click", openLink, false);
};

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