parent Property

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Retrieves the parent of the window in the object hierarchy.

Syntax

HTML	N/A
Scripting	[ oElement = ] window.parent

Possible Values

oElement

Object that specifies the parent.

The property is read-only with no default value.

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.

Applies To

[ Object Name ] Platform Version Win16: Win32: Mac: Unix: WinCE: Version data is listed when the mouse hovers over a link, or the link has focus.	window