JavaScript Reference
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Quick Reference

The window.parent property returns the parent window of the current window.

<!-- html element to place output -->
<p id="my_output"></p>

The following script is placed on the child page and will write “Hello World” to the parent page.

Either of the following two methods will work.

// variable
let my_message = 'Hello World';

// output to HTML my_element
window.parent.document.getElementById('my_output').innerHTML = my_message;
// variable
let my_message = 'Hello World';

// output to HTML my_element
parent.document.getElementById('my_output').innerHTML = my_message;

Output

Hello World

Syntax

window.parent

// or

parent

JavaScript Notes:

  • When using JavaScript, single or double quotation marks are acceptable and work identically to one another; choose whichever you prefer, and stay consistent
  • JavaScript is a case-sensitive language; firstName is NOT the same as firstname
  • Arrays count starting from zero NOT one; so item 1 is position [0], item 2 is position [1], and item 3 is position [2] … and so on
  • JavaScript variables must begin with a letter, $, or _
  • JavaScript variables are case sensitive (x is not the same as X)
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