open a window in the background

[Ed Brandmark]

I want to be able to open a window in the background of my page -
without that flicker you see if you just open the window and then blur
it (or focus the main window).
The reason I want to do this is that I want to open a window and
retrieve an URL. That URL may have 'nothing to say' and thus it will
just do a self.close()
In this case the user sees this flicker and then there is nothing back
there.

If something is returned the popup window will focus itself - and thus
be completed.

I can't evaluate the condition first (before opening the window) thus
I am stuck. I was just wondering if there is a way to open a window
in the background without using blur or focus.

Thanks in advance
Ed

[kaeli]

Re: open a window in the background

In article <5fbc4660.04041 51249.337141bf@ posting.google. com>,
ebrandmark@aol. com enlightened us with...[color=blue]
>
> I can't evaluate the condition first (before opening the window) thus
> I am stuck. I was just wondering if there is a way to open a window
> in the background without using blur or focus.
>[/color]

Not really, but if you're targeting recent browsers, you can have an
"invisible" iframe that can do the check, then open the window if
necessary.

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