Can't get myWindow.focus() to work

Hi there,

I have a site with many bibliographic references. I made an html page with all of them, which I open in a popup, using anchors to navigate to the correct reference.

My popup is fine, but I need it to come back on top of the opener page when a new link is cliqued, as there are many per page.

I tried this:
<a href="ref_bib.htm#xxvi" onclick="window.open(this.href, 'refwin', 'width=600,height=100' );return false;" target="refwin">

and:
<a href="ref_bib.htm#xxvi" onclick="window.open(this.href, 'refwin', 'width=600,height=100' );return false; refwin.focus():" target="refwin">

I even tried making a function, but it did not work either:
<script language="JavaScript">
function createwin()
{
open("ref_bib.htm#xxvi", "refwin", "width=600,height=100");
refwin.focus();
}
</script>
I called the function from the href.

I'm baffled. Where should I put this "refwin.focus()"? Or am I in the wrong direction all together?

...onvalavoir

Use a function to do it, and try this:

I have a feeling that yours isn't working because it doesn't know about the new window, when you reference it like newWin.focus. I think you need to return a window object so that it know about the window.
Let me know how you go!

Thanks!

It worked great when the function parameters were removed as such:

function openWin() {
x = window.open(url, winname, features)
x.focus()
}

And, since I have many references per page, I am passing the name of the htm file when calling the function as such:

modified function:
function openWin(ref) {
x = window.open(ref, "winname", "features")
x.focus()
}

calling the function:
<a href="#" onclick="openWin('page.htm');">

Thanks again! I really appreciate such quick help.

Onvalavoir

Ahh - no. leave my parameters in there. The window.open method takes 3 parameters. Using the 2nd (window name), and 3rd (window attributes, like width, height, scrollbars, menubars etc) allows your to control most elements of the window.

more info: http://devedge.netscape.com/library...ow.html#1202731