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Nov 18.2006

I’m just starting to learn how to communicate between different windows. I use var popup=window.open(…); and then manipulate the new window by calling popup.function();…

My question is… from within the popup, how can I manipulate the parent window? For e.g. I use this to change the popup’s background color:

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popup.document.body.style.backgroundColor=newColor;
[/code]

How can I do that the other way around?

Also, how can I call a function located on the main page, from the popup?

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@KravvitzNov 19.2006 — You want the window.opener property.

http://www.quirksmode.org/js/croswin.html
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@Mr_JNov 19.2006 — Kravvitz, you have a typo

ope[COLOR=Red]r[/COLOR]er

opener
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@KravvitzNov 19.2006 — Thanks for catching that, Mr J. ?
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