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Name

Window.focus( ) — give keyboard focus to a top-level window

Availability

JavaScript 1.1

Synopsis

                  window.focus(  )

Description

The focus( ) method gives keyboard focus to the top-level browser window specified by the Window object. If the Window object is a frame, keyboard focus is given to the frame and to the top-level window that contains that frame.

On most platforms, a top-level window is brought forward to the top of the window stack when it is given focus.

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