196922 - frame.focus() should not bring window to top

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 300453

(Core :: DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling, defect)

Description

[Jesse Ruderman]

In Google Groups's framed-thread view, the large frame calls window.focus() to
allow users to scroll using the keyboard.  (Google does this because few
browsers automatically focus the largest frame (bug 86931)).  This causes the
window to jump to the front when the frame loads, which isn't what Google is
trying to do.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Make sure "Allow scripts to... raise or lower windows" is checked (because of
bug 118993).
2. Start loading
http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=200210092201.g99M1Vm16599%40smtp.oreilly.com
3. Quickly switch to another browser window.

Result: the window loading the thread jumps to the front.

Expected: focus within the window loading the thread should move to the frame
(so after switching to the window, scrolling with the keyboard should work) but
the window should not jump to the front.

Comment 1

[Jesse Ruderman]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 300453 ***