[thelist] IE 6 and Auto Window Focus.... TWEAK UI?

[Anthony Baratta]

At 11:09 PM 10/16/2003, John C Bullas wrote:

>Is this an issue at your end or the customers end, sorry if I am confused 
>here, "grabbing focus" locally can (probably) be stifled with an install 
>of Tweak UI so long as it is compatible......

It's definitely a browser issue. The problem is that the "opener" windows 
jumps to the front when a mouse crosses one of it's rollovers, covering the 
popup window. Or when you open a link in a new browser, the new browser 
keeps trying to come to the front even when minimized while it's still 
rendering.

For example: go to http://espn.go.com/ with IE 6. Right mouse click on the 
MBL link in the left hand navigation and select "Open in new window". Then 
click on the original window immediately forcing the new window to move 
behind the original window. The "new" windows will force itself into focus 
even though you pushed it the back. There is no focus.self() anywhere I can 
find in the code. And this happens on other sites as well.

If you bring the original window to the front then click on another 
application after opening a link in a new window, like your email, the 
"new" window does not force itself to the front. It's most deffinately an 
IE thing.

Short of turning off scripting, there does not appear to be a setting or 
reg hack to get IE to behave. ;-( Plus, any "forced" behaviour change is 
out of line with the IE default install and instructing people to making 
any changes to their browser is a huge pain. ("friendly error messages" 
anyone? ;-P)

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Anthony Baratta
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