Bringing new window to foreground

JavaScript
1

Hi everybody, I’m using the following code to open a new window, works just great, only thing is it goes to the background after user clicks on main window, so how does the user get it to the foreground again, I know it has something to do with windows.focus(); but thats all I know.

<head>
<script type=“text/JavaScript”>

<!-- Begin
function Openme(newin) {
flyout=window.open(newin,“flyout”,“resizable=yes,alwaysRaised=yes,scrollbars=yes,width=500,height=700,top=150,left=900”)
var URL = document.form.site.options[document.form.site.
selectedIndex].value;
window.location.href = URL;
}

// End –>
</script>
</head>
<body>

<form name=“form”>
<input type=“button” value=“Open me” onClick=“Openme(‘…/…/html/0-9.html’)”>
</form>

</body>

Any help as always is greatly appreciated, Cheers

2

You just need to focus the window, with flyout.focus();

3

Thanx for the reply paul_wilkins but it didn’t work, does it have to be placed anywhere in particular, I put it straight after the window.location.href=URL; line and before the end curly brace, I clicked on the open me button again but nothing happens, Cheers

4

After you change the URL of the current page, it’s kind of impossible for any other scripting to occur after that.

5

Ok so flyout.focus(); is pretty much useless as the window already initially loads in the foreground, then, what is a good work around, I know linking to it doesn’t work either, what about putting an iframe on the main page instead, or a hidden div that loads when the open me button is clicked? The page that loads in the new window has a drop down menu that links to 26 other pages, the users need to copy and paste data from any or all of these pages to a form thats on the main page. Any ideas how to go about this? Cheers