Setting focus for new tab on an tab browser

I use the code below to open a new browse开发者_开发知识库r.

    var winHndle = window.open(url,'myWindow');
    winHndle.focus();

I don't mind if user settings come into play and it opens in a new window or tab.

My issue is I want the focus to change if the window/tab already exists. I can see the handle works fine - it refreshes, but focus doesn't change to that tab.

I keep seeing posts saying use focus(), but it just doesn't work.

Without mucking around with user settings only IE and safari seem to open in a new window with this code. I just download and installed most recent versions of firefox, opera, safari and chrome - already had IE 8. So for most browsers my focus code is useless :-(

FYI...I use "myWindow" so the next time I open the window it opens/refreshes the same instance if it's still there.

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Why don't you just use this:

<a href="http://www.example.com/" target="_blank">Click here to open in new window/tab</a>

I use that all the time and it works. It always focuses on the new window opened.

I hope this helps you.