jQuery get window by name

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Access a window by window name

Suppose I do:

window.open(url, 'somewindowname');

How can I get a reference to the newly opened window using the window name ('somewindowname') using jQuery?

Perhaps something in the form of $('somewindowname') or something....

You cannot. Check http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7243970/access-a-window-by-window-name — Madhur, Aug 06 '12 at 18:22
@Madhur Actually, you can, check out my answer and further details in http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4785399/how-to-tell-if-a-window-exists-in-javascript/4785453#4785453 — Ruan Mendes, Aug 06 '12 at 18:28

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 06 '12 at 17:59

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you can set the window as a variable like so

var foo;
foo = window.open(url, 'somewindowname');

you can then

use

foo.close();

to close the window for instance. Note that this is a javascript variable not a jquery variable.

answered Aug 06 '12 at 17:59

Eonasdan

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yea I know...I'm asking if it's possible to fetch the window by referencing the window name 'somewindowname' instead of doing this – pillarOfLight Aug 06 '12 at 18:00
but why? what difference would it make? – Eonasdan Aug 06 '12 at 18:03
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@Eonasdan In the case where some code created the window and another piece of code needs to access it – Ruan Mendes Aug 06 '12 at 18:30

fardjad · Answer 2 · 2012-08-06T18:22:37.877

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It has nothing to do with JQuery.

After opening the window for the first time, you can get a reference to it by using window.open function again and assigning the returned value to a variable:

var existingWindow = window.open(url, "somewindowname");

Edit

Here is a JSFiddle demo.

edited Aug 06 '12 at 18:22

answered Aug 06 '12 at 18:00

fardjad

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 06 '12 at 18:01

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Reference elements inside of the pop up window:

var imgsInPopUp = $("img", somewindowname.document.body);

answered Aug 06 '12 at 18:01

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

There is some undocumented behavior that lets you get a reference to a window by name. I've mentioned it in this answer How to tell if a window exists in Javascript?

// Opened a window without storing a handle, but gave it a name
window.open('/some/url', 'xxx');

// Now I need to get a reference to that window
// Calling open without setting a url gets you
// a reference and doesn't reload the window
var win = window.open('', 'xxx')

Here's an example

jQuery get window by name

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