JavaScript Reference/Javascript Properties/parent
"parent" Example
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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>
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"parent" is applied to
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+----------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Applied_To |window | +----------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
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"parent" Syntax and Note
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Note: Read-only property. In a multiframe environment, returns a reference to the parent window of the current active window.
Syntax:
window.parent
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