refresh parent window when closing child window

Question

How can I refresh the parent window when clicking the close button of a child window?

The child window is a pop-up.

rahul · Accepted Answer

You can access the parent window using

window.opener

and refresh the parent window using

window.opener.reload()

See window.opener

Chaitra A U · Answer

To refresh the parent page on close of child window use the following javascript in the popup page and call that using onunload in the popup page.

function refreshParent() 
{
    window.opener.location.reload(true);
}

<body onunload="javascript:refreshParent()">

Prasanna Raghu · Answer

<body onunload="window.opener.reload();">

If you use this when you close your child window, the parent will be reloaded. window.opener refers to the parent window object.

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