[thelist] Quick JS question
Warden, Matt
mwarden at odyssey-design.com
Mon Mar 19 16:51:46 CST 2001
> Here's a way to do this:
>
> parent.htm:
> <a href="#" onClick="window.open('child.htm', 'child');">child</a>
>
> child.htm:
> <a href="#" onClick="opener.location.href='http://www.foo.com';
> self.close()">foo</a>
I did a quick test and this pukes if the parent has been closed. You just have
to check if window.opener exists before you access its properties:
if (window.opener)
{
opener.location.href='http://www.foo.com';
}
else
{
window.open(...);
}
Other than that, you're idea works great.
Thanks,
--
mattwarden
mattwarden.com
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