I spent hundreds of hours writing an HTML5 application.
This application deals with multiple popups and I suddenly ran into a problem when managing them.
My main goal would be bring a blurred popup window to front by focusing it.
I am wondering if this is possible in JavaScript.
If not, could I use java applet in order to gain more functionality on my popup windows.
Could I perhaps embed Google V8’s engine in order to render my existing HTML5 code in this application?
Andrew Thompson
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1What do you mean by "popup"? A new browser window? An alert()? Some framework's Popup widget?P Varga– P Varga2012年01月02日 00:49:51 +00:00Commented Jan 2, 2012 at 0:49
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Are the popups in different tabs?grc– grc2012年01月02日 00:51:54 +00:00Commented Jan 2, 2012 at 0:51
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HTML5 Application that uses window.open? Really?epascarello– epascarello2012年01月02日 01:25:34 +00:00Commented Jan 2, 2012 at 1:25
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when you open a window you create a reference to it. You can then use that reference to call focus() on.
var foo = window.open( /*params*/ );
foo.focus();
answered Jan 2, 2012 at 0:45
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MightyCodder
I tried this many times, modern browsers like Google Chrome and Firefox doesn’t seem to support this feature anymore.
P Varga
Yeah, modern browsers have a setting which usually disables site's control on window focus by default. It is deliberately so.
Yevgeny Simkin
w3.org/TR/html5/browsers.html according to this, Window still has a focus() method. Not sure what exactly you're doing, but this should work.
MightyCodder
I found the solution. In order to bring popup window to front, it has to be done on a user click event.
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