open popup to close, update div in parent window?

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i have a form where a user can open a popup to add categories. when the window is closed, id like the dropdown list in the form to get refreshed via rjs.

however, i am having trouble updating the drop down since i cant seem to access the div id in the parent window from the popup. anyone know how?

THANKS FOR ANY HELP!

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If you're planning on using RJS already, why not have the 'close' method send the categories to the server, and then the server can build up the <options> and send them down to the browser?