Question about javascript

[Hyperblaze]

I'm working with DOM here. I've assigned a select box with an id. I can easily do getElementById on it on the current page. My problem however is that I also have a function call creating a new php page using the function "window.open". In that new page I wish to modify the elementsfrom the parent page.

I have tried accessing it in different ways.

for example.

var test = parent.document.getElementById('selectbox');

I get as response.

Would anyone have any idea how to pass elements from the "parent" page to the "child" page?

 

[troytime]

so your new window (opened via window.open javascript) has a click action that will modify a form element on the parent?

try
window.opener.document

if you're setting a select box on the opener page, it'd be
window.opener.document.form_name.select_box_name.selectedIndex = varpassedtofunction;

 

[Hyperblaze]

Originally posted by: troytime
so your new window (opened via window.open javascript) has a click action that will modify a form element on the parent?

try
window.opener.document

if you're setting a select box on the opener page, it'd be
window.opener.document.form_name.select_box_name.selectedIndex = varpassedtofunction;

I'll be testing this out this afternoon. If this works. THANK YOU!!!!

Heck, even if this doesn't work, thank you for giving me something to try out.

I know in my original description I was actually missing pertinent data. Must of been really tired.