Window parent

Change the background-color of the parent:

parent.document.body.style.backgroundColor = "lightblue";

Description

The parent property returns the parent window (of the current window).

The parent property is read-only.

The parent property is not the same as the top property.

window.parent returns the immediate parent of a window.

window.top returns the topmost window in the hierarchy of windows.

window.parent

parent

Type	Description
An object	The parent window of the current window.

The location of the parent window:

location = window.parent.location;

window.parent is supported in all browsers:


Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Safari	Opera	IE
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes