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Focusing new window in NN6

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avivit

avivit

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Jul 5, 2000
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NN6 problem only:
I have links in a page and when choosing one fot the first time, it opens
a new window and focusing it, as I requested.
But When I try to open another one, it opens the site in the same new window,
but most of the time, the focus stays on the opener.
It seems as the "wind.focus" does not work. possible?
No problem in IE or NN previous to the 6th version.

if (NS)
{ wind=window.open(url,"win",'screenx=0px,screeny=0px,width=400,height=400,resizable,menubar,titlebar,toolbar,scrollbars,location');
}
else if (IE)
{wind=window.open(url,"win",'left=0px,top=0px, width=400 ,height=400,resizable,menubar,titlebar,toolbar,scrollbars,location');
}
wind.focus();
 
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try using a setTimeout to focus the window...not sure if that will work... jared@aauser.com
 
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Or put the focus() in the child window.

<body onLoad=&quot;focus()&quot;>

That will be more reliable in that you know it will focus as soon as it loads, whereas the setTimeout is arbitrary and may work sometimes but not others.
Sincerely,

Tom Anderson
CEO, Order amid Chaos, Inc.
 
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Thanks guys:
Tom, I will sure try it in the cases where I can control the content of the new window, but in the current problem, the new window holds another site's content (url=&quot;httpL// so I can't implement it.

Jaredn, I'm not sure it's a good idea to try it, in my case,
because the page is already &quot;heavy&quot;, and it looks as if &quot;set time out&quot; will make the page even &quot;heavier&quot;. Am I right?
 
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it won't make it &quot;heavier&quot; you said you tried to use window.focus() already, so I figured maybe in your case (or NS6?) when a parent opens a child window, it steals back focus. Just a suggestion :) jared@aauser.com
 
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