Popup Window Setting Focus

Question

I have a popup window called myWindow and when it pops up i want the focus to be on the original window, not the popup. I took out the line myWindow.focus();and it still focused on the popup. Does anyone know how to keep the focus on the original window when the popup is created? Live Long and Prosper.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function openWin()
{
myWindow=window.open('','','width=200,height=100');
myWindow.document.write("<p>This is 'myWindow'</p>");
myWindow.focus();
}
</script>
</head>
<body>

<input type="button" value="Open window" onclick="openWin()" />

</body>
</html>

+1 for "Live Long and Prosper". -1 for not binding your event handler in javascript. — jbabey, Jul 09 '12 at 14:39
See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7996252/window-popups-how-to-get-window-blur-or-window-focus-to-work-in-firefox-4 — j08691, Jul 09 '12 at 14:41
i would appreciate just a +1 please as i am new to this...:) — John Doe, Jul 09 '12 at 14:49

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 09 '12 at 14:38

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Call window.focus() instead of myWindow.focus().

If that's not working, try blurring the window and then re-focusing it:

window.blur();
window.focus();

answered Jul 09 '12 at 14:38

Elliot Bonneville

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good idea, but that did not work. im starting to think what i want to do isn't possible... – John Doe Jul 09 '12 at 14:40

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 09 '12 at 14:39

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Just call window.focus() immediately after opening the popup, either in the function or right after it:

<input type="button" value="Open window" onclick="openWin(); window.focus();" />

or

function openWin()
{
myWindow=window.open('','','width=200,height=100');
myWindow.document.write("<p>This is 'myWindow'</p>");
window.focus();
}

answered Jul 09 '12 at 14:39

jeff

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It would make more sense to include that in the function. – sachleen Jul 09 '12 at 14:41
@sachleen - Not if he didn't want to set focus back to the main window every time he called openWin(). But I edited my answer to show both ways. – jeff Jul 09 '12 at 14:44
@JohnDoe - What browser are you using? I tested this code, and it's working fine for me in Chrome. – jeff Jul 09 '12 at 14:45
ya it worked in IE, it must just not work in MZF..thanks for the help – John Doe Jul 09 '12 at 14:47
@jeff yeah, but that's how his attempted solution was. :p – sachleen Jul 09 '12 at 15:04

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 29 '13 at 08:38

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I was facing the same issue. I found a workaround.

I modified like this:

myWindow.document.write("<p>This is 'myWindow'</p>");
myWindow.document.write("<script>window.opener.focus();</script>");

It worked for me in FF and Chrome.

edited Apr 29 '13 at 08:38

franzlorenzon

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answered Nov 08 '12 at 13:38

Sarjith Pullithodi

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or re-write like this `myWindow.document.write('');` – Sarjith Pullithodi Nov 09 '12 at 05:42

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 05 '19 at 17:24

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In modern browsers it seems impossible to focus the original window.

answered Mar 05 '19 at 17:24

RandallB

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