I'm using the latest Google Analytics code:
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){
i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;
i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();
a=s.createElement(o),m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;
a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })
(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics/analytics.js','ga');
ga('create', 'XXXXXXXXX', 'XXXXXXXX');
ga('send', 'pageview');
I've got event tracking to work on a download link using the following:
<a href="#" onclick="ga('send', 'event', 'Download', 'PDF', 'FILE NAME');">
However, it's not working on a mailto link - when I look in the console it says the request has been cancelled. This is what I'm using:
<a href="mailto:[email protected]" onclick="ga('send', 'event', 'Contact', 'Email', 'Name here');">
When I remove the "mailto" it will then track.
Am I setting it up wrong?
EDIT: It appears if I put a target="_blank"
it will work - however it then opens up another window which isn't ideal.
Second Edit: It appears it's something to do with Chrome - I tested it in Firefox and IE and it worked when I did that - anyone else experienced this?
I'm using the latest Google Analytics code:
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){
i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;
i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();
a=s.createElement(o),m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;
a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })
(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics./analytics.js','ga');
ga('create', 'XXXXXXXXX', 'XXXXXXXX');
ga('send', 'pageview');
I've got event tracking to work on a download link using the following:
<a href="#" onclick="ga('send', 'event', 'Download', 'PDF', 'FILE NAME');">
However, it's not working on a mailto link - when I look in the console it says the request has been cancelled. This is what I'm using:
<a href="mailto:[email protected]" onclick="ga('send', 'event', 'Contact', 'Email', 'Name here');">
When I remove the "mailto" it will then track.
Am I setting it up wrong?
EDIT: It appears if I put a target="_blank"
it will work - however it then opens up another window which isn't ideal.
Second Edit: It appears it's something to do with Chrome - I tested it in Firefox and IE and it worked when I did that - anyone else experienced this?
Share Improve this question edited Jan 8, 2020 at 7:42 Brian Tompsett - 汤莱恩 5,89372 gold badges61 silver badges133 bronze badges asked Feb 17, 2014 at 16:33 user1788364user1788364 1,1513 gold badges19 silver badges33 bronze badges 2-
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have you tried using
onmousedown
instead ofonclick
? – Eduardo Commented Feb 17, 2014 at 17:26 - 1 Hi Eduardo - I tried onmousedown and it worked - thank you! This seems like the best solution to me as you don't need the extra markup! – user1788364 Commented Feb 18, 2014 at 9:26
2 Answers
Reset to default 8I found a relevant thread here: Google Analytics Event Tracking not firing for multiple accounts on Chrome ONLY
So in the end I got it working with chrome - this is how it looks now for those interested:
<a onclick="setTimeout(function(){ga('send', 'event', 'Email', 'Person Name');}, 1500);" href="mailto:[email protected]" >
A timeout function had to be added.
As Eduardo pointed out above another option that worked was having a mousedown function:
<a onmousedown="ga('send', 'event', 'Email', 'Person Name');" href="mailto:[email protected]" >
Universal Analytics has built-in functionality for delaying sends called hitCallback.
ga('send', 'event', 'Contact', 'Email', 'Name here', {
'hitCallback': function() {
document.location.href = this.href
}
});
Haven't tested it, but should be pretty close to working. Google-around for other ideas.