New Google Analytics Event Tracking Wont Work On Mailto

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*n

Solution 1:

I 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@address.com" >

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@address.com" >

Solution 2:

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.