Javascript Bring window to front if already open in window.open?

Question

If you open a window like:

window.open ("url","winName","location=0,width=300,height=214");

If winName is already open it just changes the URL in the window. This is ok but if that window is behind the current window most users won't realize this and think that it is just not opening.

Is there anyway that if the window is already open, it brings it to the front?

Answer 1

window.focus() applied to the window in question should do the trick.

Answer 2

The window.open() method returns an object that represents the new window. You just need to window.focus() it:

var w = window.open ("url","winName","location=0,width=300,height=214");
w.focus();

Or simply:

window.open("url","winName","location=0,width=300,height=214").focus();