JavaScript Reference/Javascript Properties/parent
"parent" Example
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Example revised from
The Web Programmer"s Desk Reference
by Lazaro Issi Cohen and Joseph Issi Cohen
ISBN: 1593270119
Publisher: No Starch Press 2004
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<html>
<frameset rows="100,*" frameborder="yes" border="20px" framespacing="5" cols="*">
<frame name="topFrame" scrolling="NO" noresize src="http://www.wbex.ru">
<frameset cols="41%,*" border="15px" framespacing="0" rows="*">
<frame name="topFrame" src="myInnerFrame.htm">
<frame name="mainFrame" src="http://www.wbex.ru">
</frameset>
</frameset>
</html>
Contents of myInnerFrame.htm:
<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript">
function function1() {
alert(window.parent.mainFrame.document.all.CBP.innerText);
}
</script>
</head>
<body style="background-color:white;">
<input type="button" value="View Content of CBP" onclick="function1();">
</body>
</html>
"parent" is applied to
+----------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| Applied_To |window |
+----------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
"parent" Syntax and Note
Note:
Read-only property.
In a multiframe environment, returns a reference to the parent
window of the current active window.
Syntax:
window.parent