Robert,
Thanks very much for the email with solution.  Do you know how to pass
parameters to javascript function?   Because when I open a new window,
Say myUrl.aspx, I need to pass querystring variables too,
Like "myUrl.aspx?param1=3Dvalue1&param2=3Dvalue2" and the values are 
dynamic
Any idea?

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Nyman [mailto:robert.nyman@c...]
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 4:56 AM
To: javascript
Subject: [javascript] SV: refresh parent page but go back to previous
section

Christine,

This code will do the trick for you:

var strFocusItem =3D null;
window.onload =3D function (){
	strFocusItem =3D (location.href.search(/\?itemFocus=3D\w+/) !=3D -1)?
new
String(location.href.match(/\?itemFocus=3D\w+/)[0]).replace(/\?itemFocus
=3D/
g, "") : null;	=09
	if(strFocusItem){
		document.getElementById(strFocusItem).focus();
	}
}

function openWin(oElm){
	strFocusItem =3D oElm.id;
	window.open("yourURL.htm", "",
"top=3D200,left=3D200,width=3D200,height=3D200");
}
function reloadWithFocusItem(){
	var strNewLocation =3D location.href;
	if(location.href.search(/\?itemFocus=3D\w+/) !=3D -1){
		strNewLocation =3D new
String(location.href.match(/\?itemFocus=3D\w+/)[0]).replace(/(\?itemFocu
s=3D
)\w+/g, ("$1" + strFocusItem));
	}
	else{
		strNewLocation =3D location.href + "?itemFocus=3D" +
strFocusItem;
	}=09
	location.href =3D strNewLocation;
}


You need to give all your links an id. The HTML I used with this code
was this:

<a id=3D"linkOne" href=3D"#" onClick=3D"openWin(this); return 
false">Open
test</a><br>
<table>
	<tr>
		<td height=3D"2000">A table cell</td>
	</tr>
</table>
<a id=3D"linkTwo" href=3D"#" onClick=3D"openWin(this); return 
false">Open
test</a>


And in the small window:

<a href=3D"#" onClick=3D"window.close();
window.opener.reloadWithFocusItem()">Close</a>


/Robert



-----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
Fr=E5n: Christine_Sun@c...
[mailto:Christine_Sun@c...]
Skickat: den 11 december 2002 23:34
Till: javascript
=C4mne: [javascript] refresh parent page but go back to previous 
section


Hello, Friends,

I think I have posted the problem once before, but didn't get the exact
solution.  I thought I give another try. I have a page which is quite
long.  From various section of the page Links would pop up a new window
to do something.  After the work is done In the child window, I refresh
the parent window and then close the child Window. The javascript
command I use to refresh the parent window is
Window.opener.location.reload();
However, after the refreshing, the parent window is at the very top of
The page instead of the previous section where the link was. Any idea
how I can make it refresh but stay at the proper location? If you
manually refresh the page, you can use F5. But how can I do it using
javascript? Many thanks ahead.

Christine Sun