window.open - restore on the screen a minimized window

[Nicolae Fieraru]

Hi All,

I use a simple function on a web site, based on this function:

function goVisitSite(Site)
{
NewWindow1 = window.open(Site,
"viewwin",
"toolbar=0,menubar=0,width=900,height=280,top=0,left=0,scrollbars=1,resizable=yes");
}

On the main page I have a link which opens a new window with some details.
If I minimize that window, next time I click on a link to open it again, the
content of the page changes, but the window remains minimized in the
taskbar. Is there a way of restoring the window to the screen once I call
the above function?

Regards,
Nicolae

 

[Grant Wagner]

Hi All,

I use a simple function on a web site, based on this function:

function goVisitSite(Site)
{
NewWindow1 = window.open(Site,
"viewwin",

"toolbar=0,menubar=0,width=900,height=280,top=0,left=0,scrollbars=1,resizable=yes");
}

On the main page I have a link which opens a new window with some
details. If I minimize that window, next time I click on a link to
open it again, the content of the page changes, but the window remains
minimized in the taskbar. Is there a way of restoring the window to
the screen once I call the above function?

Regards,
Nicolae

NewWindow1 = window.open(...);
if (NewWindow1)
{
NewWindow1.focus();
}

Although on some versions of Internet Explorer, this will not "Restore"
the window, but rather will flash the taskbar icon.

Other platforms, operating systems and Web browsers, it may do anything
from your desired behaviour to nothing at all.

 

[frizzle]

Maybe - not sure - in the popup put the following in the body tag:
onLoad="this.focus()"

 

[Nicolae Fieraru]

Thank you very much, frizzle, this did the trick for IE6 and for Netscape
7.02

Best regards,
Nicolae

 

[Nicolae Fieraru]

Hi Grant,

Thank you very much for your advice. I didn't test it, because I would have
had to implement the method on more pages, while the solution Frizzle
offered is more convenient for me.

Best regards,
Nicolae

 

[frizzle]

Glad to help