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The window.parent is a reference to the parent window of the window that this script is executed in.

The window.parent is a reference to the parent window of the window that this script is executed in. The window.parent can be used when in a frame or iframe - in all other cases there is no parent window, and that reference will be undefined.

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Firefox window.parent.location

I've a Html page index.htm which has an iframe to page search.htm the search.htm has code like this function executeSearch() { window.parent.location = "/SearchResults.aspx?t=" + txt_Search.value; } this code executed now from…
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Why does window.parent self-reference?

I understand from documentation and several related StackOverflow posts that window.parent, if there is no other parent, will self-reference and thus never be undefined. I can't seem to find a decent reason as to why this is. JavaScript does have…
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window.parent and window.top are suddenly equal to window.self

I have a web app (B) which is hosted in another application (A) using an Iframe. My web application can without problems post messages (parent.postMessage(“my message", “*”)) to the parent, B. My app has a link which points to an external web…
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postMessage from child to parent window in Safari using window.open

I'm using window.open(...) to open a completely new window (same domain, same subdomain, same directory, same everything, but a different .html file). In the child window, I'm using this to send messages back to the…
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mraid.expand() not working properly in DoubleClick studio

I'm trying to upload a mraid project to Google's DoubleClick studio and notice the mraid.expand() event is not working properly. The ad is meant to be an in-app expandable banner, and basically after the very first time, mraid.expand() will not…
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IE8+, window.open(url/#/frag,'_parent') vs. parent.location.href=url/#/frag in iframe

I have a site that loads an iframe. Code in the parent window registers an onbeforeunload listener. Currently the iframe contains a button with a click handler that fires off: window.open(/#/frag,'_parent') In all browsers I have tested (besides…
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Legacy code: window.parent.location.href="https:/home"

I have inherited some code from our former developer and I found this piece of code. loginAction->isAuthenticated()){ ?>