Finding name of a popup window in JavaScript

Question

I am creating multiple popup windows for chatting. Now my problem is how to find uniquely from which SendMessage() is called from popup window for sending message to other person. At least how to find the name of pop window.

Please help me so that I can move forward

Could you please provide more details? The question is quite vague, in my opinion. I'm not even sure what SendMessage() is. ;-) Is it a built in function? Something you wrote? Maybe explain more about what you're hoping to accomplish because there might also be a better alternative. — senfo
– senfo, Commented Aug 28, 2012 at 12:10
Are you trying to get find out the name variable of a previous call to window.open(name, url [, ...])? — line-o
– line-o, Commented Aug 28, 2012 at 12:22
SendMessage() is not a built in function but a user defined method to send msgs using websocket. — sasi krishna
– sasi krishna, Commented Aug 28, 2012 at 12:39

M Abbas · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-28 12:21:59Z

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to just answer your question, it is the name property the window object.

window.name

Ex:

var myWindow = window.open('','someName','width=200,height=100');
myWindow.document.write("<p>This window's name is: " + myWindow.name + "</p>");

answered Aug 28, 2012 at 12:21

M Abbas

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Andrew Komiagin · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-26 14:38:03Z

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You can provide your name to the window like this

window.open(URL,name,specs,replace);
myWindow=window.open('','MsgWindow','width=200,height=100');
myWindow.document.write("This window's name is: " + myWindow.name );

Cheers

edited Nov 26, 2015 at 14:38

Andrew Komiagin

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answered Aug 28, 2012 at 12:27

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