HTML CODE < input type ="button" value ="open new win" onclick ="openWin()" > < input type ="button" value ="1" onclick ="setValue('txt1')" > < input type ="button" value ="2" onclick ="setValue('txt2')" > < input type ="text" id ="txt1" > < input type ="text" id ="txt2" > JS function openWin() ... { window.open(window.location.href,"","width=200,height=200");} function setValue(obj) ... { window.opener.document.getElementById(obj).value=event.srcElement.value;}