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focusSubtabById()

Focuses the browser on a subtab that is already open with the specified ID. This method is only available in API version 22.0 or later.

Syntax

1sforce.console.focusSubtabById(id:String, (optional)callback:Function)

Arguments

Name Type Description
id string ID of the subtab to go to.
callback function JavaScript method that’s called upon completion of the method.

Sample Code–Visualforce

1swfobject.registerObject("clippy.codeblock-1", "9");
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17<apex:page standardController="Case">
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19     <A HREF="#" onClick="testFocusSubtabById();return false">
20         Click here to go to a subtab by id</A> 
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22    <apex:includeScript value="/support/console/22.0/integration.js"/>
23    <script type="text/javascript">
24        function testFocusSubtabById() {
25            //Get the value for 'scc-st-0' from the openSubtab method
26            //This value is for example purposes only
27            var subtabId = 'scc-st-0';
28            sforce.console.focusSubtabById(subtabId, focusSuccess);
29        }
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31        var focusSuccess = function focusSuccess(result) {
32            //Report whether going to the subtab was successful
33            if (result.success == true) {
34                alert('Going to the subtab was successful');
35            } else {
36                alert('Going to the subtab was not successful');
37            }
38        };
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40  </script>
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42</apex:page>

This example is set to run by clicking a custom link on a case. For more information, see “Defining Custom Buttons and Links” in the Salesforce online help.

Note

Response

This method is asynchronous, so it returns its response in an object in a callback method. The response object contains the following field:

Name Type Description
success boolean true if going to the subtab was successful; false if going to the subtab wasn't successful.