How to load a specific page after closing a window in Javascript

Question

I've done this before but cannot recall how I did it! So not sure what to search for in my code!

Normally I close a pop up and reload the screen underneath. Simple.

opener.location.reload();
self.close();

But instead of causing the underlying screen to reload, I want a specific url to load. What have I forgotten?

Derek Henderson · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-22 19:47:16Z

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opener.location = url;  // url being the url string

answered May 22, 2013 at 19:47

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Wow, I looked through a gazzilion lines of code and couldn't find that! Must have used a different way but this works fine. Thanks!

Danny Beckett · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-22 19:46:48Z

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opener.location = 'http://example.com';
self.close();

answered May 22, 2013 at 19:46

Danny Beckett

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Could you add some explanation? This showed up in the LQP queue.