window.opener alternatives
I am opening a modal popup window. Then I access a parent window textbox and other attributes using window.opener
. It is working fine in firefox but not in IE8. It gives error 'window.opener is null'. How can I access parent window attributes in child window which works in both browsers.
Solution 1:
There are two ways to solve the problem: Note: "window.opener" is not supported by IE if "showModalDialog" is been used.
1) Instead of "window.showModalDialog" use "window.open"
2) If you want to use "window.showModalDialog" then do the following:
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
function YourFunction()
{
var opener = null;
if (window.dialogArguments) // Internet Explorer supports window.dialogArguments
{
opener = window.dialogArguments;
}
else // Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome and Opera supports window.opener
{
if (window.opener)
{
opener = window.opener;
}
}
// write you code and refer "opener"
window.close();
}
</script>
Solution 2:
You can pass arguments to showModalDialog function. Simply pass window object as an argument.
window.showModalDialog(theURL, window);
Yo can access the arguments from the modal window using dialogArguments. See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms533723%28VS.85%29.aspx
var openerWindow = window.dialogArguments;
Solution 3:
Disable Internet Explorer's "Protected Mode", which prevents access to this object.
The steps for this are:
- Press Alt+T to show the Tools menu
- Click "Internet options"
- Select the "Security" tab
- Make sure zone selected contains your site. For an intranet site it would typically be "Local intranet" zone.
- Untick "Enable Protected Mode"
- Close all IE tabs and windows and re-open.
Now you should be able to access the window.opener object.