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JS & DOM Reference

Overview

JavaScript Objects

JS Array JS Boolean JS Date JS Math JS Number JS String JS RegExp JS Global

Browser Objects

Window Navigator Screen History Location

Core DOM Objects

DOM Node DOM NodeList DOM NamedNodeMap DOM Document DOM Element DOM Attr

HTML DOM Objects

DOM Document DOM Events DOM Elements
DOM Anchor DOM Area DOM Base DOM Body DOM Button DOM Form DOM Frame/IFrame DOM Frameset DOM Image DOM Input Button DOM Input Checkbox DOM Input File DOM Input Hidden DOM Input Password DOM Input Radio DOM Input Reset DOM Input Submit DOM Input Text DOM Link DOM Meta DOM Object DOM Option DOM Select DOM Style DOM Table DOM td / th DOM tr DOM Textarea

Window opener Property

Window Object

Definition and Usage

The opener property returns a reference to the window that created the window.

When opening a window with window.open(), you can use this property from the destination window to return details of the source (parent) window.

Coding Tip: window.opener.close() will close the source (parent) window.

Syntax

window.opener

Browser Support

The opener property is supported in all major browsers.

Example

Write some text to the source (parent) window:

<html>
<head>
<script>
function openWin()
{
myWindow=window.open('','','width=200,height=100');
myWindow.document.write("This is 'myWindow'!");
myWindow.focus();
myWindow.opener.document.write("<p>This is the source window!</p>");
}
</script>
</head>
<body>

<input type="button" value="Open 'myWindow'" onclick="openWin()">

</body>
</html>

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Window Object