Open new url, same window?

[c0nfus3d1]

I'm working in jQuery, so not sure if this is the right forum, but here's the deal:

 

I open a window using the following code:

 

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
var	w = screen.width;
var	h = screen.height;
var	centeredY = (screen.height - h)/2;
var	centeredX = (screen.width - w)/2;

	window.open('$url', 'myWindow',
							'height=' + h +
							',width=' + w +
							',toolbar=0' +
							',scrollbars=0' +
							',status=0' + 
							',resizable=1' +
							',location=1' +
							',menuBar=0' +
							',left=' + centeredX +
							',top=' + centeredY).focus();
});
</script>

 

After that, I'd like to change the URL of that same window, so I use the same code, but with a different $url .. Leaving the window name the same. Yet, it opens in a new window [in Firefox] Is there any way to access the SAME window, and not open another one??

 

Thanks!

[.josh]

You have to assign the window.open to a variable and so that you can reference it.  Example:

 

// open the window, assigning the reference to variable
var myWindow = window.open(...arguments here...);

// change the URL of the window
myWindow.location.href = 'new url here';