BrowserTab.focus()

Description:

The focus() method provides a way to focus a browser tab.

Parameters:

None

Syntax:

void focus ()

Example:

The following example creates a button on the browser toolbar. When the button is clicked, a tab is created with the specified URL and is given focus.

//
// The background process (e.g. index.html) 
//

// Specify the properties of the button before creating it.
var UIItemProperties = {
  disabled: false,
  title: "Example extension",
  icon: "images/icon_18.png",
  onclick: function() {
    // Create a tab with the specified URL
    var tab = opera.extension.tabs.create({url: 'http://dev.opera.com/'});
    
    // Give focus to the new tab
    tab.focus();
  }
};

// Create the button and add it to the toolbar.
var button = opera.contexts.toolbar.createItem( UIItemProperties );  
opera.contexts.toolbar.addItem(button);