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I would like to reload an <iframe> using JavaScript. The best way I found until now was set the iframe’s src attribute to itself, but this isn’t very clean. Any ideas?
document.getElementById('some_frame_id').contentWindow.location.reload();
be careful, in Firefox, window.frames[] cannot be indexed by id, but by name or index
document.getElementById('iframeid').src = document.getElementById('iframeid').src
It will reload the iframe, even across domains!
Tested with IE7/8, Firefox and Chrome.
Note: As mentioned by #user85461, this approach doesn't work if the iframe src URL has a hash in it (e.g. http://example.com/#something).
If using jQuery, this seems to work:
$('#your_iframe').attr('src', $('#your_iframe').attr('src'));
Appending an empty string to the src attribute of the iFrame also reloads it automatically.
document.getElementById('id').src += '';
window.frames['frameNameOrIndex'].location.reload();
Because of the same origin policy, this won't work when modifying an iframe pointing to a different domain. If you can target newer browsers, consider using HTML5's Cross-document messaging. You view the browsers that support this feature here: http://caniuse.com/#feat=x-doc-messaging.
If you can't use HTML5 functionality, then you can follow the tricks outlined here: http://softwareas.com/cross-domain-communication-with-iframes. That blog entry also does a good job of defining the problem.
I've just come up against this in chrome and the only thing that worked was removing and replacing the iframe. Example:
$(".iframe_wrapper").find("iframe").remove();
var iframe = $('<iframe src="' + src + '" frameborder="0"></iframe>');
$.find(".iframe_wrapper").append(iframe);
Pretty simple, not covered in the other answers.
Simply replacing the src attribute of the iframe element was not satisfactory in my case because one would see the old content until the new page is loaded. This works better if you want to give instant visual feedback:
var url = iframeEl.src;
iframeEl.src = 'about:blank';
setTimeout(function() {
iframeEl.src = url;
}, 10);
A refinement on yajra's post ... I like the thought, but hate the idea of browser detection.
I rather take ppk's view of using object detection instead of browser detection,
(http://www.quirksmode.org/js/support.html),
because then you're actually testing the capabilities of the browser and acting accordingly, rather than what you think the browser is capable of at that time. Also doesn't require so much ugly browser ID string parsing, and doesn't exclude perfectly capable browsers of which you know nothing about.
So, instead of looking at navigator.AppName, why not do something like this, actually testing for the elements you use? (You could use try {} blocks if you want to get even fancier, but this worked for me.)
function reload_message_frame() {
var frame_id = 'live_message_frame';
if(window.document.getElementById(frame_id).location ) {
window.document.getElementById(frame_id).location.reload(true);
} else if (window.document.getElementById(frame_id).contentWindow.location ) {
window.document.getElementById(frame_id).contentWindow.location.reload(true);
} else if (window.document.getElementById(frame_id).src){
window.document.getElementById(frame_id).src = window.document.getElementById(frame_id).src;
} else {
// fail condition, respond as appropriate, or do nothing
alert("Sorry, unable to reload that frame!");
}
}
This way, you can go try as many different permutations as you like or is necessary, without causing javascript errors, and do something sensible if all else fails. It's a little more work to test for your objects before using them, but, IMO, makes for better and more failsafe code.
Worked for me in IE8, Firefox (15.0.1), Chrome (21.0.1180.89 m), and Opera (12.0.2) on Windows.
Maybe I could do even better by actually testing for the reload function, but that's enough for me right now. :)
for new url
location.assign("http:google.com");
The assign() method loads a new document.
reload
location.reload();
The reload() method is used to reload the current document.
Another solution.
const frame = document.getElementById("my-iframe");
frame.parentNode.replaceChild(frame.cloneNode(), frame);
Now to make this work on chrome 66, try this:
const reloadIframe = (iframeId) => {
const el = document.getElementById(iframeId)
const src = el.src
el.src = ''
setTimeout(() => {
el.src = src
})
}
In IE8 using .Net, setting the iframe.src for the first time is ok,
but setting the iframe.src for the second time is not raising the page_load of the iframed page.
To solve it i used iframe.contentDocument.location.href = "NewUrl.htm".
Discover it when used jQuery thickBox and tried to reopen same page in the thickbox iframe.
Then it just showed the earlier page that was opened.
Use reload for IE and set src for other browsers. (reload does not work on FF)
tested on IE 7,8,9 and Firefox
if(navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer"){
window.document.getElementById('iframeId').contentWindow.location.reload(true);
}else {
window.document.getElementById('iframeId').src = window.document.getElementById('iframeId').src;
}
If you using Jquery then there is one line code.
$('#iframeID',window.parent.document).attr('src',$('#iframeID',window.parent.document).attr('src'));
and if you are working with same parent then
$('#iframeID',parent.document).attr('src',$('#iframeID',parent.document).attr('src'));
Using self.location.reload() will reload the iframe.
<iframe src="https://vivekkumar11432.wordpress.com/" width="300" height="300"></iframe>
<br><br>
<input type='button' value="Reload" onclick="self.location.reload();" />
<script type="text/javascript">
top.frames['DetailFrame'].location = top.frames['DetailFrame'].location;
</script>
If all of the above doesn't work for you:
window.location.reload();
This for some reason refreshed my iframe instead of the whole script. Maybe because it is placed in the frame itself, while all those getElemntById solutions work when you try to refresh a frame from another frame?
Or I don't understand this fully and talk gibberish, anyways this worked for me like a charm :)
Have you considered appending to the url a meaningless query string parameter?
<iframe src="myBaseURL.com/something/" />
<script>
var i = document.getElementsById("iframe")[0],
src = i.src,
number = 1;
//For an update
i.src = src + "?ignoreMe=" + number;
number++;
</script>
It won't be seen & if you are aware of the parameter being safe then it should be fine.
Reload from inside Iframe
If your app is inside an Iframe you can refresh it with replacing the location href:
document.location.href = document.location.href
If you tried all of the other suggestions, and couldn't get any of them to work (like I couldn't), here's something you can try that may be useful.
HTML
<a class="refresh-this-frame" rel="#iframe-id-0">Refresh</a>
<iframe src="" id="iframe-id-0"></iframe>
JS
$('.refresh-this-frame').click(function() {
var thisIframe = $(this).attr('rel');
var currentState = $(thisIframe).attr('src');
function removeSrc() {
$(thisIframe).attr('src', '');
}
setTimeout (removeSrc, 100);
function replaceSrc() {
$(thisIframe).attr('src', currentState);
}
setTimeout (replaceSrc, 200);
});
I initially set out to try and save some time with RWD and cross-browser testing. I wanted to create a quick page that housed a bunch of iframes, organized into groups that I would show/hide at will. Logically you'd want to be able to easily and quickly refresh any given frame.
I should note that the project I am working on currently, the one in use in this test-bed, is a one-page site with indexed locations (e.g. index.html#home). That may have had something to do with why I couldn't get any of the other solutions to refresh my particular frame.
Having said that, I know it's not the cleanest thing in the world, but it works for my purposes. Hope this helps someone. Now if only I could figure out how to keep the iframe from scrolling the parent page each time there's animation inside iframe...
EDIT:
I realized that this doesn't "refresh" the iframe like I'd hoped it would. It will reload the iframe's initial source though. Still can't figure out why I couldn't get any of the other options to work..
UPDATE:
The reason I couldn't get any of the other methods to work is because I was testing them in Chrome, and Chrome won't allow you to access an iframe's content (Explanation: Is it likely that future releases of Chrome support contentWindow/contentDocument when iFrame loads a local html file from local html file?) if it doesn't originate from the same location (so far as I understand it). Upon further testing, I can't access contentWindow in FF either.
AMENDED JS
$('.refresh-this-frame').click(function() {
var targetID = $(this).attr('rel');
var targetSrc = $(targetID).attr('src');
var cleanID = targetID.replace("#","");
var chromeTest = ( navigator.userAgent.match(/Chrome/g) ? true : false );
var FFTest = ( navigator.userAgent.match(/Firefox/g) ? true : false );
if (chromeTest == true) {
function removeSrc() {
$(targetID).attr('src', '');
}
setTimeout (removeSrc, 100);
function replaceSrc() {
$(targetID).attr('src', targetSrc);
}
setTimeout (replaceSrc, 200);
}
if (FFTest == true) {
function removeSrc() {
$(targetID).attr('src', '');
}
setTimeout (removeSrc, 100);
function replaceSrc() {
$(targetID).attr('src', targetSrc);
}
setTimeout (replaceSrc, 200);
}
if (chromeTest == false && FFTest == false) {
var targetLoc = (document.getElementById(cleanID).contentWindow.location).toString();
function removeSrc() {
$(targetID).attr('src', '');
}
setTimeout (removeSrc, 100);
function replaceSrc2() {
$(targetID).attr('src', targetLoc);
}
setTimeout (replaceSrc2, 200);
}
});
For debugging purposes one could open the console, change the execution context to the frame that he wants refreshed, and do document.location.reload()
I had a problem with this because I didnt use a timeout to give the page time to update, I set the src to '', and then set it back to the original url, but nothing happened:
function reload() {
document.getElementById('iframe').src = '';
document.getElementById('iframe').src = url;
}
but it didnt reload the site, because it is single threaded, the first change doesnt do anything, because that function is still taking up the thread, and then it sets it back to the original url, and I guess chrome doesnt reload because preformance or whatever, so you need to do:
function setBack() {
document.getElementById('iframe').src = url;
}
function reload() {
document.getElementById('iframe').src = '';
setTimeout(setBack,100);
}
if the setTimeout time is too short, it doesnt work, so if its not working, try set it to 500 or something and see if it works then.
this was in the latest version of chrome at the time of writing this.
This way avoids adding history to some browsers (an unneeded overhead). In the body section put:
<div id='IF'>
<iframe src='https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=Memphis%20TN%20Temperature'
style="width:5in; height:6in" // or whatever you want in your Iframe
title'Temperature'></iframe>
</div>
Then in some JAVASCRIPT you may have a function like:
function UPdate() { // Iframe
T1=document.getElementById('IF')
T2=T1.innerHTML
T1.innerHTML=T2
}
I would like to reload an <iframe> using JavaScript. The best way I found until now was set the iframe’s src attribute to itself, but this isn’t very clean. Any ideas?
document.getElementById('some_frame_id').contentWindow.location.reload();
be careful, in Firefox, window.frames[] cannot be indexed by id, but by name or index
document.getElementById('iframeid').src = document.getElementById('iframeid').src
It will reload the iframe, even across domains!
Tested with IE7/8, Firefox and Chrome.
Note: As mentioned by #user85461, this approach doesn't work if the iframe src URL has a hash in it (e.g. http://example.com/#something).
If using jQuery, this seems to work:
$('#your_iframe').attr('src', $('#your_iframe').attr('src'));
Appending an empty string to the src attribute of the iFrame also reloads it automatically.
document.getElementById('id').src += '';
window.frames['frameNameOrIndex'].location.reload();
Because of the same origin policy, this won't work when modifying an iframe pointing to a different domain. If you can target newer browsers, consider using HTML5's Cross-document messaging. You view the browsers that support this feature here: http://caniuse.com/#feat=x-doc-messaging.
If you can't use HTML5 functionality, then you can follow the tricks outlined here: http://softwareas.com/cross-domain-communication-with-iframes. That blog entry also does a good job of defining the problem.
I've just come up against this in chrome and the only thing that worked was removing and replacing the iframe. Example:
$(".iframe_wrapper").find("iframe").remove();
var iframe = $('<iframe src="' + src + '" frameborder="0"></iframe>');
$.find(".iframe_wrapper").append(iframe);
Pretty simple, not covered in the other answers.
Simply replacing the src attribute of the iframe element was not satisfactory in my case because one would see the old content until the new page is loaded. This works better if you want to give instant visual feedback:
var url = iframeEl.src;
iframeEl.src = 'about:blank';
setTimeout(function() {
iframeEl.src = url;
}, 10);
A refinement on yajra's post ... I like the thought, but hate the idea of browser detection.
I rather take ppk's view of using object detection instead of browser detection,
(http://www.quirksmode.org/js/support.html),
because then you're actually testing the capabilities of the browser and acting accordingly, rather than what you think the browser is capable of at that time. Also doesn't require so much ugly browser ID string parsing, and doesn't exclude perfectly capable browsers of which you know nothing about.
So, instead of looking at navigator.AppName, why not do something like this, actually testing for the elements you use? (You could use try {} blocks if you want to get even fancier, but this worked for me.)
function reload_message_frame() {
var frame_id = 'live_message_frame';
if(window.document.getElementById(frame_id).location ) {
window.document.getElementById(frame_id).location.reload(true);
} else if (window.document.getElementById(frame_id).contentWindow.location ) {
window.document.getElementById(frame_id).contentWindow.location.reload(true);
} else if (window.document.getElementById(frame_id).src){
window.document.getElementById(frame_id).src = window.document.getElementById(frame_id).src;
} else {
// fail condition, respond as appropriate, or do nothing
alert("Sorry, unable to reload that frame!");
}
}
This way, you can go try as many different permutations as you like or is necessary, without causing javascript errors, and do something sensible if all else fails. It's a little more work to test for your objects before using them, but, IMO, makes for better and more failsafe code.
Worked for me in IE8, Firefox (15.0.1), Chrome (21.0.1180.89 m), and Opera (12.0.2) on Windows.
Maybe I could do even better by actually testing for the reload function, but that's enough for me right now. :)
for new url
location.assign("http:google.com");
The assign() method loads a new document.
reload
location.reload();
The reload() method is used to reload the current document.
Another solution.
const frame = document.getElementById("my-iframe");
frame.parentNode.replaceChild(frame.cloneNode(), frame);
Now to make this work on chrome 66, try this:
const reloadIframe = (iframeId) => {
const el = document.getElementById(iframeId)
const src = el.src
el.src = ''
setTimeout(() => {
el.src = src
})
}
In IE8 using .Net, setting the iframe.src for the first time is ok,
but setting the iframe.src for the second time is not raising the page_load of the iframed page.
To solve it i used iframe.contentDocument.location.href = "NewUrl.htm".
Discover it when used jQuery thickBox and tried to reopen same page in the thickbox iframe.
Then it just showed the earlier page that was opened.
Use reload for IE and set src for other browsers. (reload does not work on FF)
tested on IE 7,8,9 and Firefox
if(navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer"){
window.document.getElementById('iframeId').contentWindow.location.reload(true);
}else {
window.document.getElementById('iframeId').src = window.document.getElementById('iframeId').src;
}
If you using Jquery then there is one line code.
$('#iframeID',window.parent.document).attr('src',$('#iframeID',window.parent.document).attr('src'));
and if you are working with same parent then
$('#iframeID',parent.document).attr('src',$('#iframeID',parent.document).attr('src'));
Using self.location.reload() will reload the iframe.
<iframe src="https://vivekkumar11432.wordpress.com/" width="300" height="300"></iframe>
<br><br>
<input type='button' value="Reload" onclick="self.location.reload();" />
<script type="text/javascript">
top.frames['DetailFrame'].location = top.frames['DetailFrame'].location;
</script>
If all of the above doesn't work for you:
window.location.reload();
This for some reason refreshed my iframe instead of the whole script. Maybe because it is placed in the frame itself, while all those getElemntById solutions work when you try to refresh a frame from another frame?
Or I don't understand this fully and talk gibberish, anyways this worked for me like a charm :)
Have you considered appending to the url a meaningless query string parameter?
<iframe src="myBaseURL.com/something/" />
<script>
var i = document.getElementsById("iframe")[0],
src = i.src,
number = 1;
//For an update
i.src = src + "?ignoreMe=" + number;
number++;
</script>
It won't be seen & if you are aware of the parameter being safe then it should be fine.
Reload from inside Iframe
If your app is inside an Iframe you can refresh it with replacing the location href:
document.location.href = document.location.href
If you tried all of the other suggestions, and couldn't get any of them to work (like I couldn't), here's something you can try that may be useful.
HTML
<a class="refresh-this-frame" rel="#iframe-id-0">Refresh</a>
<iframe src="" id="iframe-id-0"></iframe>
JS
$('.refresh-this-frame').click(function() {
var thisIframe = $(this).attr('rel');
var currentState = $(thisIframe).attr('src');
function removeSrc() {
$(thisIframe).attr('src', '');
}
setTimeout (removeSrc, 100);
function replaceSrc() {
$(thisIframe).attr('src', currentState);
}
setTimeout (replaceSrc, 200);
});
I initially set out to try and save some time with RWD and cross-browser testing. I wanted to create a quick page that housed a bunch of iframes, organized into groups that I would show/hide at will. Logically you'd want to be able to easily and quickly refresh any given frame.
I should note that the project I am working on currently, the one in use in this test-bed, is a one-page site with indexed locations (e.g. index.html#home). That may have had something to do with why I couldn't get any of the other solutions to refresh my particular frame.
Having said that, I know it's not the cleanest thing in the world, but it works for my purposes. Hope this helps someone. Now if only I could figure out how to keep the iframe from scrolling the parent page each time there's animation inside iframe...
EDIT:
I realized that this doesn't "refresh" the iframe like I'd hoped it would. It will reload the iframe's initial source though. Still can't figure out why I couldn't get any of the other options to work..
UPDATE:
The reason I couldn't get any of the other methods to work is because I was testing them in Chrome, and Chrome won't allow you to access an iframe's content (Explanation: Is it likely that future releases of Chrome support contentWindow/contentDocument when iFrame loads a local html file from local html file?) if it doesn't originate from the same location (so far as I understand it). Upon further testing, I can't access contentWindow in FF either.
AMENDED JS
$('.refresh-this-frame').click(function() {
var targetID = $(this).attr('rel');
var targetSrc = $(targetID).attr('src');
var cleanID = targetID.replace("#","");
var chromeTest = ( navigator.userAgent.match(/Chrome/g) ? true : false );
var FFTest = ( navigator.userAgent.match(/Firefox/g) ? true : false );
if (chromeTest == true) {
function removeSrc() {
$(targetID).attr('src', '');
}
setTimeout (removeSrc, 100);
function replaceSrc() {
$(targetID).attr('src', targetSrc);
}
setTimeout (replaceSrc, 200);
}
if (FFTest == true) {
function removeSrc() {
$(targetID).attr('src', '');
}
setTimeout (removeSrc, 100);
function replaceSrc() {
$(targetID).attr('src', targetSrc);
}
setTimeout (replaceSrc, 200);
}
if (chromeTest == false && FFTest == false) {
var targetLoc = (document.getElementById(cleanID).contentWindow.location).toString();
function removeSrc() {
$(targetID).attr('src', '');
}
setTimeout (removeSrc, 100);
function replaceSrc2() {
$(targetID).attr('src', targetLoc);
}
setTimeout (replaceSrc2, 200);
}
});
For debugging purposes one could open the console, change the execution context to the frame that he wants refreshed, and do document.location.reload()
I had a problem with this because I didnt use a timeout to give the page time to update, I set the src to '', and then set it back to the original url, but nothing happened:
function reload() {
document.getElementById('iframe').src = '';
document.getElementById('iframe').src = url;
}
but it didnt reload the site, because it is single threaded, the first change doesnt do anything, because that function is still taking up the thread, and then it sets it back to the original url, and I guess chrome doesnt reload because preformance or whatever, so you need to do:
function setBack() {
document.getElementById('iframe').src = url;
}
function reload() {
document.getElementById('iframe').src = '';
setTimeout(setBack,100);
}
if the setTimeout time is too short, it doesnt work, so if its not working, try set it to 500 or something and see if it works then.
this was in the latest version of chrome at the time of writing this.
This way avoids adding history to some browsers (an unneeded overhead). In the body section put:
<div id='IF'>
<iframe src='https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=Memphis%20TN%20Temperature'
style="width:5in; height:6in" // or whatever you want in your Iframe
title'Temperature'></iframe>
</div>
Then in some JAVASCRIPT you may have a function like:
function UPdate() { // Iframe
T1=document.getElementById('IF')
T2=T1.innerHTML
T1.innerHTML=T2
}
I am learning chrome extension programming from the tutorial here .
You can find the full code for the chrome extension here.
The code snippet where I tried to remove few links:
var clean_twitter = function(){
var ugly = [];
ugly.push('.Trends module trends');
ugly.push('.flex-module');
ugly.push('.MomentMakerHomeModule-header');
ugly.push('.Footer module roaming-module');
ugly.push('.flex-module-header');
$('.promoted-tweet').hide(); // oops! :P
for(var i=0;i<ugly.length;i++) {
var u = $(ugly[i]).find('a'); // also 'b'
u.text('');
}
}
The code tries to remove some buttons and div from the twitter website.
Now, when I put it on my pc nothing happens. I tried to remove the change link inside the trends box and it isn't removed.
Please help if I am doing something wrong here. Thanks.
At the beginning of the process_new_tweets function there's a comment explaining how the presence or absence of .mini-profile in the DOM is used as a flag.
In summary, the absence of the .mini-profile element in the DOM means that the function returns and won't proceed any further. Since the tutorial was written it would appear that Twitter no longer has a .mini-profile element anywhere in its DOM, so the function is always returning and script execution is not proceeding any further.
Remove the following lines from the beginning of the process_new_tweets function:
var mp = document.getElementsByClassName('mini-profile');
if(mp.length === 0) { return; }
And the elements that you've selected in your clean_twitter function will be removed from the DOM as expected.
I need to set the background color of one of the buttons in the form's ribbon. This isn't supported through Ribbon Workbench, so I have written following javascripts to achieve the same:
function setOpportunityRibbonsAppearance() {
var submitToForeCastButton = parent.document.getElementById("opportunity|NoRelationship|Form|sfw.opportunity.Button1.Button");
if (submitToForeCastButton != null) {
submitToForeCastButton.style.backgroundColor = "lightyellow";
}
}
I have registered this scripts in Form Load event. However the issue is that, I always get parent.document.getElementById as null only.
Surprisingly, I am able to see the control while running the parent.document.getElementById statement in the browser's console, and can also change the styling attributes.
Can anyone please suggest what could be wrong here?
P.S. - I understand document.getElementById is not recommended to use in CRM, however, I am left with no other choice while trying to change the appearance of some of the buttons.
Any help on this, will be much appreciated.
You could upload an icon with a yellow background, to keep everything supported. You won't see text on yellow but it might work for you. Easy and standard.
To keep it unsupported and ugly, you could just keep on trying until you make it, setInterval allows for a function to be repeated:
function setOpportunityRibbonsAppearance() {
var submitToForeCastButton = null;
var interval = setInterval(function(){
submitToForeCastButton = parent.document.getElementById("opportunity|NoRelationship|Form|sfw.opportunity.Button1.Button");
if(submitToForeCastButton != null) {
submitToForeCastButton.style.backgroundColor = "lightyellow";
clearInterval(interval);
}
}, 500); // Every 500ms. Adjust as needed, not too fast or browser will choke.
}
Its probably because your script is running before the page is fully loaded.
Try adding a delay to the to the function Put a Delay in Javascript
I would like to reload an <iframe> using JavaScript. The best way I found until now was set the iframe’s src attribute to itself, but this isn’t very clean. Any ideas?
document.getElementById('some_frame_id').contentWindow.location.reload();
be careful, in Firefox, window.frames[] cannot be indexed by id, but by name or index
document.getElementById('iframeid').src = document.getElementById('iframeid').src
It will reload the iframe, even across domains!
Tested with IE7/8, Firefox and Chrome.
Note: As mentioned by #user85461, this approach doesn't work if the iframe src URL has a hash in it (e.g. http://example.com/#something).
If using jQuery, this seems to work:
$('#your_iframe').attr('src', $('#your_iframe').attr('src'));
Appending an empty string to the src attribute of the iFrame also reloads it automatically.
document.getElementById('id').src += '';
window.frames['frameNameOrIndex'].location.reload();
Because of the same origin policy, this won't work when modifying an iframe pointing to a different domain. If you can target newer browsers, consider using HTML5's Cross-document messaging. You view the browsers that support this feature here: http://caniuse.com/#feat=x-doc-messaging.
If you can't use HTML5 functionality, then you can follow the tricks outlined here: http://softwareas.com/cross-domain-communication-with-iframes. That blog entry also does a good job of defining the problem.
I've just come up against this in chrome and the only thing that worked was removing and replacing the iframe. Example:
$(".iframe_wrapper").find("iframe").remove();
var iframe = $('<iframe src="' + src + '" frameborder="0"></iframe>');
$.find(".iframe_wrapper").append(iframe);
Pretty simple, not covered in the other answers.
Simply replacing the src attribute of the iframe element was not satisfactory in my case because one would see the old content until the new page is loaded. This works better if you want to give instant visual feedback:
var url = iframeEl.src;
iframeEl.src = 'about:blank';
setTimeout(function() {
iframeEl.src = url;
}, 10);
A refinement on yajra's post ... I like the thought, but hate the idea of browser detection.
I rather take ppk's view of using object detection instead of browser detection,
(http://www.quirksmode.org/js/support.html),
because then you're actually testing the capabilities of the browser and acting accordingly, rather than what you think the browser is capable of at that time. Also doesn't require so much ugly browser ID string parsing, and doesn't exclude perfectly capable browsers of which you know nothing about.
So, instead of looking at navigator.AppName, why not do something like this, actually testing for the elements you use? (You could use try {} blocks if you want to get even fancier, but this worked for me.)
function reload_message_frame() {
var frame_id = 'live_message_frame';
if(window.document.getElementById(frame_id).location ) {
window.document.getElementById(frame_id).location.reload(true);
} else if (window.document.getElementById(frame_id).contentWindow.location ) {
window.document.getElementById(frame_id).contentWindow.location.reload(true);
} else if (window.document.getElementById(frame_id).src){
window.document.getElementById(frame_id).src = window.document.getElementById(frame_id).src;
} else {
// fail condition, respond as appropriate, or do nothing
alert("Sorry, unable to reload that frame!");
}
}
This way, you can go try as many different permutations as you like or is necessary, without causing javascript errors, and do something sensible if all else fails. It's a little more work to test for your objects before using them, but, IMO, makes for better and more failsafe code.
Worked for me in IE8, Firefox (15.0.1), Chrome (21.0.1180.89 m), and Opera (12.0.2) on Windows.
Maybe I could do even better by actually testing for the reload function, but that's enough for me right now. :)
for new url
location.assign("http:google.com");
The assign() method loads a new document.
reload
location.reload();
The reload() method is used to reload the current document.
Another solution.
const frame = document.getElementById("my-iframe");
frame.parentNode.replaceChild(frame.cloneNode(), frame);
Now to make this work on chrome 66, try this:
const reloadIframe = (iframeId) => {
const el = document.getElementById(iframeId)
const src = el.src
el.src = ''
setTimeout(() => {
el.src = src
})
}
In IE8 using .Net, setting the iframe.src for the first time is ok,
but setting the iframe.src for the second time is not raising the page_load of the iframed page.
To solve it i used iframe.contentDocument.location.href = "NewUrl.htm".
Discover it when used jQuery thickBox and tried to reopen same page in the thickbox iframe.
Then it just showed the earlier page that was opened.
Use reload for IE and set src for other browsers. (reload does not work on FF)
tested on IE 7,8,9 and Firefox
if(navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer"){
window.document.getElementById('iframeId').contentWindow.location.reload(true);
}else {
window.document.getElementById('iframeId').src = window.document.getElementById('iframeId').src;
}
If you using Jquery then there is one line code.
$('#iframeID',window.parent.document).attr('src',$('#iframeID',window.parent.document).attr('src'));
and if you are working with same parent then
$('#iframeID',parent.document).attr('src',$('#iframeID',parent.document).attr('src'));
Using self.location.reload() will reload the iframe.
<iframe src="https://vivekkumar11432.wordpress.com/" width="300" height="300"></iframe>
<br><br>
<input type='button' value="Reload" onclick="self.location.reload();" />
<script type="text/javascript">
top.frames['DetailFrame'].location = top.frames['DetailFrame'].location;
</script>
If all of the above doesn't work for you:
window.location.reload();
This for some reason refreshed my iframe instead of the whole script. Maybe because it is placed in the frame itself, while all those getElemntById solutions work when you try to refresh a frame from another frame?
Or I don't understand this fully and talk gibberish, anyways this worked for me like a charm :)
Have you considered appending to the url a meaningless query string parameter?
<iframe src="myBaseURL.com/something/" />
<script>
var i = document.getElementsById("iframe")[0],
src = i.src,
number = 1;
//For an update
i.src = src + "?ignoreMe=" + number;
number++;
</script>
It won't be seen & if you are aware of the parameter being safe then it should be fine.
Reload from inside Iframe
If your app is inside an Iframe you can refresh it with replacing the location href:
document.location.href = document.location.href
If you tried all of the other suggestions, and couldn't get any of them to work (like I couldn't), here's something you can try that may be useful.
HTML
<a class="refresh-this-frame" rel="#iframe-id-0">Refresh</a>
<iframe src="" id="iframe-id-0"></iframe>
JS
$('.refresh-this-frame').click(function() {
var thisIframe = $(this).attr('rel');
var currentState = $(thisIframe).attr('src');
function removeSrc() {
$(thisIframe).attr('src', '');
}
setTimeout (removeSrc, 100);
function replaceSrc() {
$(thisIframe).attr('src', currentState);
}
setTimeout (replaceSrc, 200);
});
I initially set out to try and save some time with RWD and cross-browser testing. I wanted to create a quick page that housed a bunch of iframes, organized into groups that I would show/hide at will. Logically you'd want to be able to easily and quickly refresh any given frame.
I should note that the project I am working on currently, the one in use in this test-bed, is a one-page site with indexed locations (e.g. index.html#home). That may have had something to do with why I couldn't get any of the other solutions to refresh my particular frame.
Having said that, I know it's not the cleanest thing in the world, but it works for my purposes. Hope this helps someone. Now if only I could figure out how to keep the iframe from scrolling the parent page each time there's animation inside iframe...
EDIT:
I realized that this doesn't "refresh" the iframe like I'd hoped it would. It will reload the iframe's initial source though. Still can't figure out why I couldn't get any of the other options to work..
UPDATE:
The reason I couldn't get any of the other methods to work is because I was testing them in Chrome, and Chrome won't allow you to access an iframe's content (Explanation: Is it likely that future releases of Chrome support contentWindow/contentDocument when iFrame loads a local html file from local html file?) if it doesn't originate from the same location (so far as I understand it). Upon further testing, I can't access contentWindow in FF either.
AMENDED JS
$('.refresh-this-frame').click(function() {
var targetID = $(this).attr('rel');
var targetSrc = $(targetID).attr('src');
var cleanID = targetID.replace("#","");
var chromeTest = ( navigator.userAgent.match(/Chrome/g) ? true : false );
var FFTest = ( navigator.userAgent.match(/Firefox/g) ? true : false );
if (chromeTest == true) {
function removeSrc() {
$(targetID).attr('src', '');
}
setTimeout (removeSrc, 100);
function replaceSrc() {
$(targetID).attr('src', targetSrc);
}
setTimeout (replaceSrc, 200);
}
if (FFTest == true) {
function removeSrc() {
$(targetID).attr('src', '');
}
setTimeout (removeSrc, 100);
function replaceSrc() {
$(targetID).attr('src', targetSrc);
}
setTimeout (replaceSrc, 200);
}
if (chromeTest == false && FFTest == false) {
var targetLoc = (document.getElementById(cleanID).contentWindow.location).toString();
function removeSrc() {
$(targetID).attr('src', '');
}
setTimeout (removeSrc, 100);
function replaceSrc2() {
$(targetID).attr('src', targetLoc);
}
setTimeout (replaceSrc2, 200);
}
});
For debugging purposes one could open the console, change the execution context to the frame that he wants refreshed, and do document.location.reload()
I had a problem with this because I didnt use a timeout to give the page time to update, I set the src to '', and then set it back to the original url, but nothing happened:
function reload() {
document.getElementById('iframe').src = '';
document.getElementById('iframe').src = url;
}
but it didnt reload the site, because it is single threaded, the first change doesnt do anything, because that function is still taking up the thread, and then it sets it back to the original url, and I guess chrome doesnt reload because preformance or whatever, so you need to do:
function setBack() {
document.getElementById('iframe').src = url;
}
function reload() {
document.getElementById('iframe').src = '';
setTimeout(setBack,100);
}
if the setTimeout time is too short, it doesnt work, so if its not working, try set it to 500 or something and see if it works then.
this was in the latest version of chrome at the time of writing this.
This way avoids adding history to some browsers (an unneeded overhead). In the body section put:
<div id='IF'>
<iframe src='https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=Memphis%20TN%20Temperature'
style="width:5in; height:6in" // or whatever you want in your Iframe
title'Temperature'></iframe>
</div>
Then in some JAVASCRIPT you may have a function like:
function UPdate() { // Iframe
T1=document.getElementById('IF')
T2=T1.innerHTML
T1.innerHTML=T2
}