How to tell browser to stay on current window

Question

When I do a window.open() is there a way to tell the browser to stay on the current window or tab and not go to the new tab or window?

Answer 1

If your goal is to use the current window, you can simply use:

window.location

But, if you want to open a child window and leave focus on the parent window, I think you'll find it quite difficult as opener.focus() I've read doesn't work in all browsers.

See these SO questions for reference:

Prevent window.open from focusing

How to return focus to the parent window using javascript?