How can I open the tab, the notification came from?

Question

I want to use HTML5 notifications:

var n = new Notification("Hello");

How can I open the tab, the notification came from?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 20 '16 at 16:48

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Handle the onclick event and call window.open.

n.onclick = function() { 
    window.open(yourUrl);
};

answered Jan 20 '16 at 16:48

Daniel A. White

I want to open the tab which contains the url in an existing tab instead of a new one. – Michael Jan 20 '16 at 17:17
@confile just use window.location – Daniel A. White Jan 20 '16 at 17:21
``window.location = url`` reloads the page in an existing tab but does not open the tab. – Michael Jan 20 '16 at 17:23
How can I open the tab, the notification came from? – Michael Jan 20 '16 at 19:25
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@confile http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4906976/how-to-get-focus-to-a-chrome-tab-which-created-desktop-notification – Daniel A. White Jan 20 '16 at 19:26

Peter Josling · Answer 2 · 2016-01-21T14:32:14.573

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Add an event listener for the click event and then use window.focus. For example:

var n = new Notification("Hello");

n.addEventListener("click", function() {
    window.focus();
});

edited Jan 21 '16 at 14:32

answered Jan 20 '16 at 16:49

Peter Josling

I want to open the tab which contains the url in an existing tab instead of a new one. – Michael Jan 20 '16 at 17:17

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 20 '16 at 17:26

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As far as I know, java script does not know if there are any other tabs open and surely not which websites you currently browse.

With a notification you can only open the tab where the notification came from, which should be the default behavior, if you click the notification.

answered Jan 20 '16 at 17:26

Leifb

How can I open the tab, the notification came from? – Michael Jan 20 '16 at 19:25
for chrome, `window.focus()` should work. And in my Fire Fox, clicking a notification without any event handlers opens the tab. – Leifb Jan 21 '16 at 11:58

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