How to Redirect the Parent Window to a New URL After Clicking on a Child Window Button
- 1). Right-click the HTML file that you use in your child window. Click "Open With," then click your HTML editor.
- 2). Create the JavaScript function to redirect the parent window. Add the following code to the head section of your HTML file:
<script language="javascript">
function redirectParent()
{
window.opener.document.location("newpage.htm");
}
</script>
Replace "newpage.htm" with the Web page to which you want to send the user. - 3). Link the function with a button or other HTML element you want to use to trigger the redirect. The following code links a button to the function created in Step 2:
<input type="button" value="Click to Redirect" onclick="redirectParent()">
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