---
title: "How to document.write loses encoding (Chrome)"
description: "How to document.write loses encoding (Chrome)"
author: "Anonymous User"
published: 2015-02-01
updated: 2015-02-01
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/12926/how-to-document-write-loses-encoding-chrome
category: "javascript"
tags: ["ajax", "jquery", "html"]
reading_time: 2 minutes
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# How to document.write loses encoding (Chrome)
i've been getting a html page using ajax, then open a new window and writting the html data into this new window.
Its [working fine](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95550/why-is-the-safari-browser-not-working-fine) on IE 8... however, Chrome is messing the [encoding](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/752/how-is-encoding-handled-in-ajax)..
**My code:**
```
$('#bo').submit(function( event ) { $.ajax({ url : "./home.html", cache : false, type: 'POST', dataType : "html", }).done(function(data) { var doc = window.open("", "_blank"); doc.document.write(data); doc.document.close(); }); event.preventDefault(); return false; });
```
The data [string contains](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/159365/how-to-check-if-a-string-contains-letters-only-in-sql) this html:
```
```
Can [anyone give me](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41194/can-anyone-give-me-some-high-and-low-points-of-each-of-the-four-first-presidential-administrations) a [direction](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/5034/10-animals-with-the-best-sense-of-direction) here? Im a bit confused why it works on IE but not on Chrome.. When the dom is ready, im loading some jquery [features](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12993/5-advanced-features-for-your-odoo-ecommerce-theme), like jquery dialogs, jquery growl [messages](https://www.mindstick.com/news/4166/google-rolling-out-gemini-extensions-for-messages-whatsapp-and-spotify) and [knockout](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33538/how-to-insert-data-in-database-using-knockout-js) stuff to fill the page, not sure if its relevant.
The strange fact is that if I change the code do something like [replace](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81330/cow-antibody-research-in-usa-a-step-ahead-to-replace-plasma-therapy) my window html instead of opening a new popup.. the encoding will work fine =( Thanks
## Replies
### Reply by Anonymous User
Although I wouldn't recommend to use document.write, and I'm not sure this will solve your problem, you can try forcing the content encoding on the $.ajax function like this:
```
$.ajax({ url : "./home.html", cache : false, contentType: "text/html;charset=UTF-8" type: 'POST', dataType : "html", });
```
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