window.focus() not working in Google Chrome

Question

Just wondering if Google Chrome is going to support window.focus() at some point. When I mean support, I mean have it work. The call to it doesn\'t fail, it jus

Answer 1

Maybe not what everyone wants either, but (in chrome) I noticed that an alert raised from the pop uped page keeps hold on the focus of the popup. So I'm doing this now...

On the pop uped page, have a function loaded in the header:

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And then on the pop uped page:

So this is a variant of closing the popup when the focus is lost. But in my case, the popup is an edit window for data. A window, one doesn't want to close unasked. So now the user gets notified the focus is about to drop and gets a choice if he wants to close the window or not. Again, far from perfect, but it worked for me.

(be gentle)