parent window know when a child window is closed

[Kiki]

Hello,
i wonder if anyone can help..
Is there a way of knowing from the parent window (var window that
the child window (var newWindow) has been closed? i can't touch the
child window's closed as this will be populated and managed by a
client.. i need to know when this will be closed though to reload the
parent window..

thanks

 

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Is there a way of knowing from the parent window (var window that
the child window (var newWindow) has been closed? [...]

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[Harag]

Hello,
i wonder if anyone can help..
Is there a way of knowing from the parent window (var window that
the child window (var newWindow) has been closed? i can't touch the
child window's closed as this will be populated and managed by a
client.. i need to know when this will be closed though to reload the
parent window..

thanks

use the .closed property.

A read-only boolean value that specifies whether the window has been
closed. When a browser window closes, the Window object that
represents it does not simply disappear. The Window object continues
to exists, but its "closed" property is set to true. (source:
Javascript: The Difinitive guide pg 653)


eg
if (newWindow.closed) {
alert('The Popup window no longer exists');
}


HTH

Al.

 

[kiki christie]

thank you for your reply Harag.. if i do it the way you suggested then i
will have to put a timer that will check every so often if the child
window has been closed..
I was just wondering if there was a better way of doing this..

thanks again..