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window.focus(), self.focus() not working in firefox

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Hi all i am developing a chat application ... i have multiple chat windows ... i want to know which windw contain new message ... i have the following code ..

function getCount()

{

    $.ajax({

       type: POST,

       url: baseUrl + '/Chat/count',

       data: chat_id= + document.ajax.chat_id.value,

       success: function(msg){

                if(msg == 'new1') {

                    self.focus();

                                            //window.focus();



                }

            }

    });

}

If an operator attending both chat....

for example the url is like
http://localhost/nisanth/admin/Chat/index/chatId/15
http://localhost/nisanth/admin/Chat/index/chatId/16

http://localhost/nisanth/user/Chat/index/chatId/15
http://localhost/nisanth/user/Chat/index/chatId/16

if the user 16 enter a message i need focus

http://localhost/nisanth/admin/Chat/index/chatId/16

This code is work fine with IE but not in firefox...please give me a solution... the above code is in the same html

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answered 14 Years ago tylerdamiena · Accepted Answer

Firefox will only obey requests to raise a window if a security option is set, and it's not set by default. Chrome won't pay attention to focus() requests at all, as far as I can tell. Safari does obey focus() request.

The specific Firefox setting is in the Tools -> Options (Edit -> Preferences on Linux, maybe MacOS) dialog. There's a Content tab, and in that there's a checkbox for enabling Javascript. Along with that is an Advanced button that brings up another dialog, wherein one finds a checkbox to allow (or disallow) the raising and lowering of windows by page code.

edit: Here is a test page: http://gutfullofbeer.net/focus1.html and you should be able to see that Firefox will raise a window when the page calls window.focus(). You must either have the browser set up so that new windows (created with window.open()) open up in a new separate window instead of a tab, or else you can tear off the tab of the secondary page when it opens.