Vista+ IE + Flash +_blank= +_+

• d_acra

  Oh! I forgot + Tabs

  SO! you design a flash site with links to other sites, but you want to keep your site's window open all the time, so you use _blank so your link is open on a new window/tab.
  But ah! surprise! IE running on Vista by default does as it wants with links (unless the user is savvy enough to change the settings, 80% unlikely) and instead of opening the tabs in front of your current tab as if to say, "Hello! here is what you clicked on" it is very sneaky and opens them BEHIND the tab you are in so must people won't see it!

  Anyone knows how to fix this with javascript or something!

  (no they are no sluts in this story)

  d_acra

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• fugged0

  I would doubt that you'll have control over that.
  I would doubt you would have any control over that without having a reference to the window/tab.

  One thing you could try is to open the window/tab with JavaScript and then give it focus:

  myWin = window.open();
  myWin.focus();

  but then you run the risk of pop-up blockers kicking in.

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  • ffs. did I just studder?fugged
  • I think you didd_acra
  • But at first I thought you were just
    emphasizing it for dramatic reasons
    d_acra
  • the pop-up blocker worries me even more specially if this issue affects less people than what the pop blocker wouldd_acra

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• brains0

  You should probably ask hedge.

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  Dogear

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  • Hedge can help™Meeklo

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