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Bug 26667 - window.parent needs [Replaceable] to match interop + browsers
Summary: window.parent needs [Replaceable] to match interop + browsers
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: WHATWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Windows NT
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: Unsorted
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: contributor
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Depends on: 26658
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Reported: 2014-08-26 05:28 UTC by Simon Pieters
Modified: 2014-09-17 22:31 UTC (History)
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Description Simon Pieters 2014-08-26 05:28:17 UTC 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #26658 +++

Related to Bug 13403. 

  readonly attribute WindowProxy parent;

should be
  [Replaceable] readonly attribute WindowProxy parent;

to match behavior already visible in Chrome/Firefox.
The latest IE will be changing to match this behavior as well for compatibility with web sites, for example:
http://mrdoob.github.io/three.js/examples/webgl_particles_shapes.html