new window focus - Javascript

Gandalf

does some one know whay this code doesn't works with mozilla:
<body onload=\"window.focus();\">
how can i focus this window in both explorer and mozilla browsers?

thanks

Oct 1 '07 #1

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Peter Michaux

On Oct 1, 11:55 am, Gandalf <goldn...@gmail.comwrote:

does some one know whay this code doesn't works with mozilla:

<body onload=\"window.focus();\">

Why the backslashes?

Peter

Oct 1 '07 #2

Gandalf

On Oct 1, 8:59 pm, Peter Michaux <petermich...@gmail.comwrote:

On Oct 1, 11:55 am, Gandalf <goldn...@gmail.comwrote:

does some one know whay this code doesn't works with mozilla:

<body onload=\"window.focus();\">

Why the backslashes?

Peter

because i print it width PHP you can ignore that it's meaningless

Oct 1 '07 #3

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Gandalf wrote:

does some one know whay this code doesn't works with mozilla:

<body onload=\"window.focus();\">

Ignoring the escapes (you stated it's PHP code), it does not work because
Mozilla is not allowed by the user to make it work. This was discussed
shortly ago.

how can i focus this window in both explorer and mozilla browsers?

You can not. Focusing windows, as many other things, is at the discretion
of the user.
PointedEars
--
realism: HTML 4.01 Strict
evangelism: XHTML 1.0 Strict
madness: XHTML 1.1 as application/xhtml+xml
-- Bjoern Hoehrmann

Oct 1 '07 #4

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