chrome.windows.update({focused:true}) works differently in Chrome 12 and 13

[shiweiwei]

Hi there,

I am using chrome.windows.update to bring an extension window to
front. I see different behaviors between Chrome 12 and 13.
In Chrome 12 the extension window will be taken to front no matter
which window is currently focused.
Chrome 13 will make the window flicker in taskbar but won't force it
to be focused.

Is this something fixed intentionally in Chrome 13?
Btw, when will Chrome 13 roll out to stable channel?

Thanks,
Weiwei

[shiweiwei]

I have filed a bug about this. http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=90014
Call chrome.windows.update(windowId, {focused: true}) will always
steal the focus from other windows.
It is really annoying when you are typing in one window and the
extension window pops up and steals the focus.
I tried stable, beta and dev channels, all have the same issue. It is
reproducible on Windows XP, 7 and Mac. (Windows Vista is an exception)

How soon can I get an update on this?

Thanks,
Weiwei

[Arne Roomann-Kurrik]

Are you asking that {focused: true} not take focus from other windows?  What happens if you use {focused: false}?

~Arne

2011/7/23 shiweiwei <shiwe...@gmail.com>

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[shiweiwei]

Use {focused:false} doesn't notify user when there is a new message.

On 7月26日, 上午3时27分, Arne Roomann-Kurrik <kur...@chromium.org> wrote:
> Are you asking that {focused: true} not take focus from other windows? What
> happens if you use {focused: false}?
>
> ~Arne
>

> 2011/7/23 shiweiwei <shiweiwe...@gmail.com>

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[Arne Roomann-Kurrik]

From the bug, it looks like drawAttention is what you want.  That should be available on Dev channel now:

http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/dev/windows.html#method-update (note: Dev version docs)

~Arne

2011/7/25 shiweiwei <shiwe...@gmail.com>

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