# Thickbox, link and close popup

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/thickbox-link-and-close-popup/143250>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 16, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/thickbox-link-and-close-popup/143250 "2008-07-16T19:14:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![joel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@joel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joel)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/thickbox-link-and-close-popup/143250/1 "2008-07-16T19:14:43Z")

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Hello All,

just wanted to know if it was possible to specify a parent location  
in the link\_to tag. Actually I have a link on a thickbox popup and  
would like to close the popup and redirect to the appropriate page on  
onClick action on the link. Does anyone know how to implement this ?

Joel