Comments on: Chrome problems with window focus (workaround)

By: kent

kent — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:22:17 +0000

@Nick: The original method (closing, then opening) in the post above does work on Chrome 5.0.375.126 on Mac OS X. I haven’t tried the alternate methods proposed…

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:05:12 +0000

This method (to call blur() then focus() ) does not work for me on Chrome 5.0.375.126 on Mac OS X.
Any workarounds found for Chrome on Mac?

By: Karandeep Singh

Karandeep Singh — Wed, 26 May 2010 05:46:14 +0000

var nextObject = document.getElementById(“select_combo_box”);
nextObject.focus();
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that example is not working in Chrome and safari.
Please give correct example for it that can run on every browser using Javascript or jQuery or MooTools

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 02 May 2010 11:39:27 +0000

Thanks a lot, work fine for me!

By: emurmur

emurmur — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:26:47 +0000

Works for me in

IE8
FireFox 3.5.8
Windows Safari 4.0.4
Chrome 4.1

Does not work in Opera 9.64

By: ritwick

ritwick — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:19:16 +0000

Works in:
IE 6+
Firefox 3
Chrome 3

Does not work in:
Safari 3.1
Opera 9.63

By: Djaity

Djaity — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:47:48 +0000

Instead of closing the popup, then open a new one,
I’ve found out the following sequence was also fixing the Chrome (WebKit) bug.

if(typeof(win)!=’undefined’ && !win.closed) {
win.blur();
}
else {
win = window.open(mypage_location, mypage_name, mypage_option);
}
win.focus();

In other words, if you use blur() on the window first then focus() function works.
Note: We’re currently using Chrome 3.0.195.21 / working on XP.
I haven’t tested yet on Safari and/or other platforms, any feedbacks on other platforms will be well-appreciated.
Thanks.

By: hazg

hazg — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:23:16 +0000

u can do some thing like this:

in parent:

var w = window.open(href,’name’);
if(w.focus)
w.focus();

in child window:

if(window.parent && (navigator.userAgent.indexOf(‘Chrome/’) > 0)
window.parent.blur();

This method faster, and u can open focus window many times without storing var w = …

sorry for my engliache ))))

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:57:51 +0000

Google chrome is light and fast, but it seems like it’s having some problem with javascripts.