关闭弹出并刷新父页面javascript

Question

i want to close pop up and refresh parent but after few seconds delay to make sure all data is received. currently i have the following

function closeAndRefresh(){    
  setTimeout(function()
 {     
window.open('/{!currSubId}','_top');
window.location = window.location.href;
return true;
},5000)}

This code refreshes the parent but inside the popup, so the pop up does not close, rather the parent shows refreshed - in pop up

Answer 1

So move the pop up outside of the timeout, give it a name, call close, and reload.

function closeAndRefresh(){    
    var winPop = window.open('/{!currSubId}','_top');  //load pop up give it a name
    window.setTimeout(function(){
        winPop.close();  //close pop up
        window.location.reload(true);  //refresh current page
    },5000);
}

You could just use an Ajax call to the server and not have to deal with a pop up and wondering if the pop up blocker will block it or not knowing if the call completetd. When the call comes back from the call, you can just reload the page.