222483 - Be able to disabled focus() javascript

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 124750

(SeaMonkey :: Preferences, enhancement)

Description

[Jean-Marc Spaggiari]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007

When using tab browsing, javascript focus on a hide tab will take the focus of
the current tab, so, you will sometime write your very secret defense password
in a viewable field on another tab without nowing where ... So, it will be very
usefull to add the possibility to disable the focus() method like other metho in
the javascrip option panel ...

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.go to the site of your choise and place the cursor in a form.
2.go to http://games.mountyhall.com to a new tab and come back to your first tab
3.write in you form, and, when the other tab finish to load, you will see your
cursor disappear ...

Actual Results:  
You are writing in the wrong field ...

Expected Results:  
stay in the right form/field ...

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

doesn't edit\preferences\Scripts&Plugins/Raise or lower window do that ?

Comment 2

[Phil Schwartau]

---> Prefs

Comment 3

[Jean-Marc Spaggiari]

About edit\preferences\Scripts&Plugins/Raise or lower window ...

No, this option doen't protect from focus lost to other tab.

Comment 4

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 124750 ***