[thelist] Javascript: tricky closing of window
Aylard JA (James)
jaylard at equilon.com
Tue Feb 6 18:48:31 CST 2001
Candace,
> You can also use window.parent in a popup created by
> window.open. Cross-browser.
I think you're mistaken about this. Using window.parent within a
pop-up window will return the name of the pop-up window itself. You need to
use window.opener in order to communicate with the window that spawned the
pop-up. At least that's true in IE, Netscape 4.x, and Netscape 6.
James Aylard
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