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parent

Description

Returns the parent object in the object hierarchy.

Syntax

object.parent

Remarks

For a document, the parent is the containing window. For a window defined using FRAME, the parent is the window that contains the corresponding FRAMESET definition.

This property has read-only permission, meaning you can retrieve its current value, but not change it.

Applies To

window

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