I'm currently trying to do the following:

Trigger: click on a name in a select list.

Action : open mailto-link in current window, thus opening an email client.

$(document).ready(function(){    

// Define click-event
$('option').click(function(){
    var mail = $(this).attr('value');
    window.open('mailto:'+mail, '_self');
    });

});

I've also tried using this instead of window.open:

parent.location.href= 'mailto:'+mail;

However, both work only in firefox, get no errors/results in IE8 or Chrome.

Anybody know what the problem could be?