Consider the following HTML pages
Main.html
<html>
<head>
<title>MAIN</title>
<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" LANGUAGE="JavaScript1.2">
var desktopWindow = null;
function openDesktopWindow() {
if (desktopWindow == null || desktopWindow.closed) {
desktopWindow =
window.open('pop1.html',
"pop1",
'width=1024,height=768,menubar=0,status=1,toolbar=0,resizable=1');
}
}
function focusWindow() {
desktopWindow.focus();
}
</SCRIPT>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#E3E3E3">
<a href="#" onclick="openDesktopWindow(); return false">Open popup</a>
<br>
<a href="#" onclick="focusWindow(); return false">Focus popup</a>
</body>
</html>
pop1.html
<html>
<head>
<title>POP UP 1</title>
<body bgcolor="#E3E3E3">
<h1>POP UP 1</h1>
</body>
</html>
Be sure that IE7 open pop-up windows in a new window (like IE6). Open the file main.html. Clicking on the "Open popup" link will open the popup pop1.html. Clicking on the "Focus popup" link will bring back the popup to foreground.
Now configure IE7 to open pop-up windows in a new tab. Open the file main.html. Clicking on the "Open popup" link will open the popup pop1.html in a new tab. Clicking on the "Focus popup" link will not activate (set it to foreground) the popup tab.
My question is: Is it a bug Or if it is an expected behavior, why
Thanks you in advance.
window.focus() with tabs in IE7
Stinger_
Hi There,
I am calling window.focus() from a tabbed page which is not at the front, but this does not cause ie7 does not bring it to the front.
Is there an alternative to do this
Thanks,
Ian
Davidjr1
Hi Thibaut,
You are seeing designed behavior. To limit opportunities for malicious behavior, scripts running in tabbed windows cannot affect other tabs. For more information, please see Tabbed Browsing for Developers.
Hope this helps...
-- Lance
chrisbacon
Thank you very much. It is exactly what i was looking for!
alasaaa