binding event to form in window.open

I am trying to open a pop-up window which has a form. Eventually the user will close the window, but before that I want to send a form value back to the parent window using localStorage. If I use dev-tools to execute my javascript commands I am successful. So I don't think it's a problem  there. I suspect the problem is I am not able to bind the localStorage.setItem to the form on the pop-up.
Here are the relevant bits of code from the parent window.
        // onload
        j$(document).ready(function() {
            // disable ajax request caching for security best practice
            j$.ajaxSetup({ cache: false });

            // open modal and query available record types when page loads
            openModal();
            
            //
            j$(".modalSubmit").click(function(event) {
                validateRecordTypeSelected();
            });

           window.addEventListener('storage',function(event) {
               console.log(event);
           });

        });

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and 
        function openModal2() {
           console.log('running openModal2');
           var popup = window.open("/apex/wrapwiz", "myWindow", "width=600, height=400, toolbar=no, menubar=no");
           j$('popup, #j_id0\\:j_id1\\:i\\:f').bind('submit', function( event ) {
              alert( "Handler for .submit() called." );
             localStorage.setItem(document.getElementById('j_id0:j_id1:i:f:pb:d:Company.input').value);
                                                          
              });
         }

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openModal2 is being called by a button on the screen and I know that works because the pop-up opens when the button is clicked.

Here are what I believe are the relevant parts of the pop-up window
<form id="j_id0:j_id1:i:f" name="j_id0:j_id1:i:f" method="post" action="https://c.cs14.visual.force.com/apex/wrapwiz" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" onkeypress="return FlowLoadingScreen.noenter(event);" onsubmit="FlowLoadingScreen.showLoadingScreen(this)">

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and 

<td class="labelCol requiredInput"><label class="FlowText" for="j_id0:j_id1:i:f:pb:d:Company.input" id="j_id0:j_id1:i:f:pb:d:Company.prompt"><span class="assistiveText">*</span>Account Name</label></td><td class="dataCol col02"><div class="requiredInput"><div class="requiredBlock"></div>

<input  id="j_id0:j_id1:i:f:pb:d:Company.input" maxlength="255" name="j_id0:j_id1:i:f:pb:d:element___input____Company" size="20" type="text" value="" /></div></td><td class="labelCol last empty">&nbsp;</td><td class="dataCol last empty">&nbsp;</td></tr>

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If there is a better way to accomplish my objective, I'm open to scrapping this.

Thanks,
Mike
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Mukesh YadavFull Stack DeveloperCommented:
Hi Mike,

Do you want to submit the form values back to the parent on popup close or/and on form submit, If this is the case you can call a JavaScript method of the parent like this:

/* Pop-up window code */
function submitDataToParent(data){
  if(window.opener != null){    
    window.opener.methodOfParent(data);
    top.close(); /* As the pop-up task is done so, if you want to close the pop-up use this statement. */
  }
}

/* Parent window code */
function methodOfParent(data){
  console.log("Data: ", data); 
}

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You need to move this submit event binding code to pop-up this event binding won't work from the parent:

j$('form element selector').bind('submit', function( event ) { /* replace the "form element selector" with the valid form element selector */
  alert( "Handler for .submit() called." );
  /*localStorage.setItem(document.getElementById('j_id0:j_id1:i:f:pb:d:Company.input').value);*/
  submitDataToParent(document.getElementById('j_id0:j_id1:i:f:pb:d:Company.input').value); /* Add this to send data back to parent */
});

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Leonidas DosasCommented:
Did you serialize the values of the form into string using JSON.stringify() before close the modal;And after when you want to get these values did you parsing via JSON.parse()  the data?
Julian HansenCommented:
A few things

1. your localstorage call does not include a value to set. Should be
localStorage.setItem('key', 'value');

2. I would put the javascript code in the popup
<script>
var frm = document.getElementById('j_id0:j_id1:i:f');
frm.addEventListener('submit',function(evt) {
	evt.preventDefault();
	localStorage.setItem('value', document.getElementById('j_id0:j_id1:i:f:pb:d:Company.input').value);
});
</script>

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3. bind has been deprecated in favour of .on.

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mmooreAuthor Commented:
Hi experts, thanks for the answers. I will be studying and working with each of them over the next 24 hrs. I'll be back.
mmooreAuthor Commented:
This is what I came up with.
This is the visualforce page (Salesforce) that wraps the wizard.
<apex:page showheader="false" sidebar="false">
<flow:interview name="New_Account_Wizard"></flow:interview>
<!-- New_Account_Wizard is a multi page flow with a form on each page -->
<!-- so at different stages of the flow the DOM will look different -->   
<script>
   window.onload = function () {
   
     var frm = document.getElementById('j_id0:j_id1:i:f');
     // do this only if the target FORM is on the curent page
     if (typeof(frm) != 'undefined' && frm != null)
     {
     
        var accountNameField = document.getElementById('j_id0:j_id1:i:f:pb:d:Company.input');
        // do this only if the target accountNameField is on the curent page
        if (typeof(accountNameField) != 'undefined' && accountNameField != null)
        {
           // Load the local Storage when the user hits the NEXT button. NEXT button does SUBMIT and goes to next page
           frm.addEventListener('submit',function(evt) {
               localStorage.setItem('AccountName', document.getElementById('j_id0:j_id1:i:f:pb:d:Company.input').value);
           });
        }
     }
     
     var finishBtn = document.getElementById('j_id0:j_id1:i:f:pb:pbb:finish');
     if (typeof(finishBtn) != 'undefined' && finishBtn != null)
     {
        // override the FINISH button on the last screen of the wizard. If you don't,
        // the natural behaviour is to restart the wizard at page one.
        finishBtn.addEventListener('click',function(evt2) {
            evt2.preventDefault();
            window.close();
        });
     }
   }
</script>                
</apex:page>

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This is the bit from the Parent window that captures the event and stuffs it in a field
           window.addEventListener('storage',function(event) {
               if (event.key == 'AccountName') { ;
                  j$(".accountNameField").val(event.newValue);
                }
           });

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Suggestions for improvements are welcome.
Julian HansenCommented:
What is the result of running this code? Does it work?
mmooreAuthor Commented:
Yes, it works! It's not clear how to close this issue. I clicked on Best Solution and Assisted Solution for another. Oh wait, I now see a Next button at the bottom of the screen.
mmooreAuthor Commented:
Thanks for the help.
Julian HansenCommented:
You are welcome.
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