How to set focus on a window in multi-tab windows

[datactrl]

On firefox multi-tab, I open a window with ref=window.open(). It works. A new window is opened in a new tab. On parent window, there is button doing ref.focus(). But it won't put focus on that new window. So how do I set focus on a window in a multi-tab hosting?

Jack

[acoder]

The simple answer is you can't, but you can in browser-specific code, e.g. XUL, extensions, etc. - see https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Cod...Tabbed_browser

[datactrl]

Thank you, acoder. After study the page mentioned, still have no idea about how to activate a specific tab on firefox. Do you have sample code about it? thank you very much!

[acoder]

The sample code is there. It's a case of using it in the correct context.

Note that using this code would be Mozilla-specific making use of XUL. To get started, see https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XUL_Tutorial.

[datactrl]

Thank you, acoder. I'm going to study that and have a try test.

[brandonmack]

I actually had this same question - here's a solution I found (I know this thread is old, but I know it can be useful to others)

I used:

ref=window.open().focus();

This will not work with all browsers, at least not yet, but it certainly will work with some, and it's worth a try!