window.focus() not working in Safari

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window.focus() not working in Safari

I am trying to test a simple JS code snippet with window.focus()

Its working fine in Chrome, but not working in Safari

Can someone help me to figure out the issue

<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
    <title>Test window.focus() in Safari</title>
</head>
<body>
    <button onclick="openWindow()">Test button</button>
</body>
<script>
    function openWindow(){
        var win = window.open();
        win.document.write("Howdy");
        win.focus();
    }
</script>
</html>

Posted on Aug 10, 2020 9:11 PM

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VikingOSX

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Aug 11, 2020 4:36 AM in response to akhilputhiry

If you were hoping that you could force Safari to switch browser tabs with this code, it isn't going to happen due to browser security. What you can do is force Safari to open a new window (even when it is set to open new tabs by default, by using the following code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Document</title>
    <script>
    function openWindow() {
        var win = window.open("","", "modal=yes");
        win.document.write("Howdy");
        win.focus();
    }
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <button onclick="openWindow()">Test button</button>
</body>
</html>

I ran the above code with, and without an ad blocker running, and it still worked.

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