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Demo of communicating between tabs via the localStorage storage event
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browser-tab-communication-via-localstorage.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" name="viewport">
<style>
body {
font-family: Arial, Sans-serif;
max-width: 600px;
margin: 1em auto;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<a href="">open another tab (right click)</a>
<button onclick="send();">start</button>
<script>
window.addEventListener('storage', console.log, false);
function send() {
localStorage.setItem("ping", Math.random());
localStorage.setItem("ping", "null");
setTimeout(send, Math.random() * 3000);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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