[Javascript] focus() not working in NN6

[Peter-Paul Koch]

>I'm trying to find some insight into why this code does
>not work in NN6. This code is the event handler for an
>href tag. When I click the link, the new window opens
>and the correct URL loads, but then the original window
>gets the focus almost immediately. If I comment out the
>newWindow.focus() line, the new window is displayed for
>a few seconds longer, but it still loses focus.

Exactly what code do you use in the A tag? My guess is that you click the 
link, the new window starts up and afterwards the normal thing happens: the 
link is followed, and leads to the same page because you set its href 
property. This last action, I think, returns the focus to the old window 
because it's the last in which something happens.

Solution: try returning false so that the original link isn't followed. This 
should keep the focus on the popup.

ppk

>code:
>
>function intercept(idx,urlstring,newwindowname)
>{
>
>
>
>document.links[idx].target = "";
>document.links[idx].href=self.location +
>self.location.hash;
>
>
>     	   newWindow = window.open
>(urlstring,"","height=400,width=400,scrollbars,resizable"
>);
>		   newWindow.name = newwindowname;
>		   newWindow.focus();
>
>
>
>}
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