window.open focus on the first page

Question

How to open a URL in a new tab using javascript without focus on the page you just opened.

For example the following code is placed on the index.html page.

<button onclick="link()">Click here</button>

<script type="text/javascript">
function link() {
    window.open('pages.html');
}
</script>

When the button is clicked, it will open a new tab, but focus directly on page.html page.

How to focus on the index.html page?

Whether a new window opens in a new tab instead, and whether a new tab steals focus or not, are browser settings. You can't influence those with JS. — , Jun 22 '17 at 18:55
as far as I know, it configured within the browser. you can try to call focus() right after the link() or in this function — Tamar, Jun 22 '17 at 18:56

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 22 '17 at 19:07

It'll either be a configuration setting in your browser or simply not possible.

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