Communication between parent and child windows in JavaScript

Communication between parent and child windows in JavaScript



In this post, I will show how to call the parent window function from the child window and how to pass value from the child window to the parent window. Parent.aspx

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Parent.aspx.cs" Inherits="Parent" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
 <title></title>

 <script language="Javascript" type="text/javascript">
     function CallAlert() {
         alert("This is parent window's alert function.");
     }
     function ButtonClickByChild() {
         alert("Click by child.");
     }
     var newwindow;
     function poptastic(url) {
         newwindow = window.open(url, 'name', 'height=400,width=700');
         if (window.focus) {
             newwindow.focus()
         }
     }

 </script>

</head>
<body>
 <form id="form1" runat="server">
 <div>
     <asp:Button ID="btnParent" runat="server" OnClientClick="ButtonClickByChild();" Text="Parent Button Clicked By Child" />
     <asp:TextBox ID="txtParent" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
     <a href="javascript:poptastic('Child.aspx');">Open Child Window</a>
 </div>
 </form>
</body>
</html>

Child.aspx

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Child.aspx.cs" Inherits="Child" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
 <title></title>

 <script type="text/javascript">
     //Method call parent window function
     function ParentWindowFunction() {
         window.opener.CallAlert();
         return false;
     }
     //Method pass value from child to parent
     function SetParentText() {
         window.opener.document.getElementById("txtParent").value =
                         document.getElementById("txtChild").value;
         window.opener.document.getElementById("btnParent").click();
         //Call this function in real application
         // window.close();
         return false;

     }
 </script>

</head>
<body>
 <form id="form1" runat="server">
 <div>
     <asp:TextBox ID="txtChild" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
 </div>
 <asp:Button ID="btnChild1" runat="server" Text="Pass Value To Parent" OnClientClick="return SetParentText();" />
 <asp:Button ID="btnChild2" runat="server" Text="Call Parent Function" OnClientClick="ParentWindowFunction();" />
 </form>
</body>
</html>

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