Find window previously opened by window.open

Question

We\'ve got the following situation, running from a single domain:

Page A uses window.open() to open a named window (a popup player). window.open()

Answer 1

Actually what you did is destroy the parent (page A) of the created window (Popup), so it has no more reference to the original parent therefore you can't get a direct reference.

The only solution I can think of is using a browser that offers you added javascript capability to cycle through active windows (tabs) and find one that has a special property (ie: your reloaded page A) that gets recognized by the popup.

Unfortunately I guess only firefox has some added capability or extension that gives you this flexibility. (it is also a security risk though)