Question

I am trying to fix a web site.

It opens a help page in a new window/tab via <a href="..." target="help"> (no other frame has this name)

This works well the first time opening a new window/tab, for the help.
But on subsequent clicks the window/tab is loaded but remains hidden.

I tried this:

<script>
    function OpenAndFocusHelp() {
        win=window.open('help/1000CH00017.htm','help');
        win.focus();
    }      
</script>

<a href="help.html" target="help" 
   onclick="OpenAndFocusHelp()">Help</a>

It did not work!

Answer 1

I think this feature is browser-specific and you can’t define the behavior for focusing new tabs or windows..