Web/API/Window/focus

Makes a request to bring the window to the front. It may fail due to user settings and the window isn't guaranteed to be frontmost before this method returns.

Syntax

window.focus() 

Example

if (clicked) { window.focus(); }

Specification

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'Window.focus()' in that specification.	Living Standard

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
focus	Chrome Full support 1 Notes' Full support 1 Notes' Notes' Starting in Chrome 66, opening a popup in fullscreen mode and calling this function will end fullscreen mode.	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 1	IE Full support 4	Opera Full support ≤12.1	Safari Full support 1	WebView Android Full support 1	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support ≤12.1	Safari iOS Full support 1	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0

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Window.focus() by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.