need to pass text value from pop up to parent

[phillyfino]

Hello,

I'm pretty new to javascript, I needed to pass a text value from a pop up window into the parent window. What I'm doing is actually for an image....a pop up window will contain a list of images, you click on an image and the pop up closes and the image you click on will appear on the parent frame. I just need the image url, which I have on the pop up, now I need to get that url to the parent window when I click the pic. Is there a faster way to do this other than using the opener method? Thanks for your help.

 

[starway]

Try placing this into the popup window:

function showPic(img)
{
opener.document.images[n].src = img;
}

<a href=&quot;#&quot; onclick=&quot;showPic(document.images['one'].src)&quot;><img src=&quot;1.gif&quot; name=&quot;one&quot;></a>
<a href=&quot;#&quot; onclick=&quot;showPic(document.images['two'].src)&quot;><img src=&quot;2.gif&quot; name=&quot;two&quot;></a>

The script will replace some default image in parent window with another one selected from popup.

 

[phillyfino]

Thanks for the help starway...I actually should have stated that I need the image that I click on to go to a specific div tag on the parent page (tracked by div id). For example, the following is the code that I have:

function setPic()
{
opener.document.form.getElementById('1_2').value = '/media/content/10/05/1005.jpg';
self.close();
}

I am getting an &quot;object doesn't support this property or method&quot; error, probably due to the getElementById(). What's a simple way to make sure that the picture that I click on gets passed into the correct div tag? I am using similar code in other parts of the program where I deal with text (inserting text depending on div id) so I would like to keep my setPic() functioning in a similar way. Thanks again for your help

 

[starway]

The error is quite clear: getElementById doesn't have such a property as &quot;value&quot;. Also, after looking at your code, I think that you don't know exactly how to use getElementById.

I always stand for the most simple solution, and in your case it's like I described. Place the default image anywhere on the parent document - in some div as you said, or elsewhere, and try the function I suggested.