Hi Matt,
Yes, that is precisely what I do... and it works when the options
window isn't itself displaying a modal dialog. However, if, for
example, the About Box is displaying on top of the options window, this
code doesn't work for me.
--- Matthew Waymost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I use the code below for my own options dialog, and I've never had a
> problem
> with it.
>
> var optionsWindow = ForwardFork.mediator.getMostRecentWindow
> ("forwardfork:options");
>
> // if its open, focus it; otherwise, open it
> if (optionsWindow && !optionsWindow.closed)
> optionsWindow.document.commandDispatcher.focusedWindow.focus();
> else optionsWindow =
>
window.openDialog("chrome://forwardfork/content/forwardForkPrefs.xul","ForwardFork
> Options","chrome,centerscreen,resizable");
>
> Basically, you have to make sure a window (or dialog) )exists and
> that it
> isn't closed. Then, based on that, you decide whether to refocus an
> open
> dialog or open a new one.
>
> HTH, Matt
>
> On 1/28/06, Eric H. Jung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I asked this question here
> > http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=373278 but that
> didn't
> > help...
> >
> > I'm using this code to focus/activate/bring-to-top both <window/>
> and
> > <dialog/> elements:
> >
> > Components.classes["@mozilla.org/appshell/window-mediator;1"]
> > .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIWindowMediator)
> > .getMostRecentWindow("passwordmaker")
> > .focus();
> >
> > It works if getMostRecentWindow() returns a <window/>, but if it
> > returns a modal <dialog/>, I get this exception:
> >
> > "Component returned failure code: 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)
> > [nsIDOMWindowInternal.focus]" nsresult: "0x80004005
> >
> > I'm using windowtype="passwordmaker" as a dialog attribute. Anyone
> know
> > what I'm doing wrong?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Eric Jung
> >
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