Open a window without focus

[noon]

Can't get this to work, tried every bit of code I could think of and
every snippet I could find out there.

I have a form with the js code in the onsubmit action. I know, I
shoved it all in there instead of making a function. I don't have
access to include a .js file or put it in the head, work with me.

How can I get this to work?

<form method="get" action="#" onsubmit="var newWin =
window.open(\'h ttp://google.com/search?q=\'+thi s.imdbSearch.va lue+\'\',
\'IMDBWindow\') ;window.setTime out(\'self.focu s();\',500);if( !
newWin.opener) newWin.opener=t his;return false;">
<input type="text" name="imdbSearc h" size="40">
<input type="submit" value="Search">
</form>

[Stanimir Stamenkov]

Re: Open a window without focus

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:50:11 -0800 (PST), /noon/:

How can I get this to work?
>
<form method="get" action="#" onsubmit="var newWin =
window.open(\'h ttp://google.com/search?q=\'+thi s.imdbSearch.va lue+\'\',
\'IMDBWindow\') ;window.setTime out(\'self.focu s();\',500);if( !
newWin.opener) newWin.opener=t his;return false;">

I'm not a JavaScript expert but 'this' in the above statement:

newWin.opener=t his;

refers to the <formelement - not to the current window, if that's
what you want to put there.

<input type="text" name="imdbSearc h" size="40">
<input type="submit" value="Search">
</form>

--
Stanimir

[The Natural Philosopher]

Re: Open a window without focus

noon wrote:

Can't get this to work, tried every bit of code I could think of and
every snippet I could find out there.
>
I have a form with the js code in the onsubmit action. I know, I
shoved it all in there instead of making a function. I don't have
access to include a .js file or put it in the head, work with me.
>
How can I get this to work?
>
<form method="get" action="#" onsubmit="var newWin =
window.open(\'h ttp://google.com/search?q=\'+thi s.imdbSearch.va lue+\'\',
\'IMDBWindow\') ;window.setTime out(\'self.focu s();\',500);if( !
newWin.opener) newWin.opener=t his;return false;">
<input type="text" name="imdbSearc h" size="40">
<input type="submit" value="Search">
</form>

I had the opposite problem. How to move focus relaibly TO the open window..

i used
newwin=window.o pen(....)
newwin.focus();

IIRC. Try using the above form and newwin.blur()

Or move focus to the parent.