Moving to an anchor in the parent window from a child window 1

WebNickson · Dec 8, 2003

Hi,

I'm trying to move to an anchor in my parent window using a function called in the child window.

I tried the following code but it just returned my child window in the parent window.

parent.window.location.href='#Instruction1';

Please help! My hair is all white alrdy (lol)

rgds,
Nickson

BabyJeffy · Dec 9, 2003

Nickson,

This was a fun one... the solution I used was to call a function from the child page that used the following:

Code:

opener.location.hash = &quot;anchorName&quot;;

I built two html files as below to demonstrate that it worked - works for me at least

Filename = parent.html

Code:

<html>
<head><title>Parent</title>
<script language=&quot;javascript&quot;>
var myWindow=null;
function popUp()
{
	myWindow=window.open('child.html','mypop','');
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<a href=&quot;javascript:popUp();&quot;>Launch Child</a>
<h2>Parent</h2>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor</p>
<p>sit amet, consectetuer</p>
<p>adipiscing elit.</p>
<p>Donec vitae magna.</p>
<p>Aenean vitae augue</p>
<a name=&quot;wibble&quot;></a>
<h2>wibble</h2>
<p>Pellentesque faucibus sapien</p>
</body>
</html>

Filename = child.html

Code:

<html>
<head><title>Child</title>
<script language=&quot;javascript&quot;>
function jumpTo(_myAnchor)
{
	opener.location.hash=_myAnchor;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<a href=&quot;javascript:jumpTo('wibble');&quot;>Jump to the wibble anchor</a>
<h2>Child</h2>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor</p>
<p>sit amet, consectetuer</p>
<p>adipiscing elit.</p>
<p>Donec vitae magna.</p>
<p>Aenean vitae augue</p>
</body>
</html>

I hope this manages to restore some of that hair that was going white (probably too late for most of us).

Jeff

WebNickson · Dec 9, 2003

Jeff,

You are good! It works with just a simple change of opener to parent since I am using iFrames.

Ah... Now I know how to use the hash command! And I hair is now all glistening black! : )

Thx!

Nickson

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