/* JavaScript Bible, Fourth Edition by Danny Goodman
John Wiley & Sons CopyRight 2001 */
<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Window Focus() and Blur()</TITLE> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript1.1"> // declare global variable name var newWindow = null function go_to_demo() { // check if window already exists if (!newWindow || newWindow.closed) { // store new window object in global variable newWindow = window.open("","","width=250,height=250") // pause briefly to let IE3 window finish opening setTimeout("fillWindow()",100) } else { // window already exists, so bring it forward newWindow.focus() } } // assemble new content and write to subwindow function fillWindow() { var newContent = "<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Another Subwindow</TITLE></HEAD>" newContent += "<BODY bgColor='salmon'>" newContent += "<H1>A Salmon-Colored Subwindow.</H1>" newContent += "<FORM><INPUT TYPE='button' VALUE='Bring Main to Front' onClick='self.opener.focus()'>" // the following button doesn't work in NN6 newContent += "<FORM><INPUT TYPE='button' VALUE='Put Me in Back' onClick='self.blur()'>" newContent += "</FORM></BODY></HTML>" // write HTML to new window document
