replace style with jquery on div within iframe crossdomain - javascript

I've an iframe with code that looks like this:
iframe#someID
html
head
body
first div
iframe points to file on the other domain. I want to replace styling of the div, effectively putting background-color:transparent; instead of color it already has.
Is this possible?

No, cross-site-manipulation is fortunately not possible.
To change the contents of an iframe on the same domain, however, have a look at this: http://api.jquery.com/contents/#example-1

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change css element inside iframe

i have one probleme with iframe in my website i can't change css of some element inside the iframe. this the html of iframe when i inspect code via chrome.
i want to change the value of div under div class with class width-100.
i already try a lot of code without success.
i found this solution but i dont understand
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CSS is only scoped within the same document. An iframe is an entire document in its own right, and so a CSS rule that applies to the page that contains that iframe cannot apply to the page that's within that iframe.
This means that as far as HTML and CSS are concerned, html is always :root (and therefore can never be :not(:root)).
Unless you are able to transfer this CSS from the containing page to the page within the iframe (using a script for example), I don't believe there is a way using just CSS.
Css–selector for when a html-document is inside an iframe?
/*******/
Try it.
$('iframe').contents().find("width-100 div").css('height', '200px');

Giving iframe properties from inside

So I am currently working on an application that runs on top of the customers page inside its own iframe.
Application works in backbone and everything else except the initialization of the iframe is done inside the iframe. Initialization happens with a small javascript snippet that the client will copy to their footer.
The problem I'm currently having is that I have to inject a CSS file to the parent site in order to style my iframe correctly when it's rendered and I really don't think that I should tamper with clients page at all since CSS might have some conflicts in it.
Is there any better way to style the iframe than the current way of doing it?
I think you have two different options;
Inline iframe styles
Give your client a pre-styled iframe to embed, like this
<iframe src="yoururl.com/client"
frameborder="0"
style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 600px;">
</iframe>
Embed through script tag
Create a small script tag (that you host) that you give to your client. Inside the script you dynamically create the iframe dom element and possibly other external css-files that you need
Host a JS file, like //yoururl.com/iframe.js
var iframe = document.createElement("iframe");
iframe.setAttribute("src","http://yoururl.com/client");
document.write("<div id='mycontainer'></div>");
document.getElementById("mycontainer").appendChild(iframe);
Then you can give this to your client to put in their page where they want the iframe to show up.
<script src="//yoururl.com/iframe.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
You can provide your css separately to the client. If that is not an option, then you need to do it the way you are doing now (injecting the parent style from within the iframe). However, this does not seem to be a good idea, unless your css rules are pretty unique.
There are many ways but it could be possible that no one is applicable:
Ask the client to style your iframe (inline or with css)
publish the iframed content on the same domain of the main website and check if the parent frame is accessible via javascript
Ask the Client to enable the header "X-Frame-Options". Maybe with something like "ALLOW-FROM SAMEDOMAIN, www.youriframedomain.com". It seems it is deprecated, check for Content-Security-Policy instead.
embed it via script tag
Check for window.postMessage: it requires anyway an additional script in the main website that listens for the message (it could be the css text itself) from the iframe and applies the new style
You should be able to use window.frameElement to refer to the iframe element which your page is embedded in. With that reference, you should be able to modify the style attribute to change how the frame renders.

What are the differences between iframe and innerHTML

I was doing an innerHTML on a div element. MY lead comes and tells me that innerHTML and iFrame are both the same. Now this one was something new. I always thought InnerHTML to be different from iFrame.
[My lead]: "The issue is because he is trying to use innerHTML which
in turn is called as IFRAME for a browser"
I wanted to know the differences between an iFrame and innerHTML. Are they both essentially similar in nature? I looked but couldn't find much.
Thanks
Sounds like a communication error--e.g., if your lead means that the innerHTML of that div is just going to show an iframe as its innerHTML (or otherwise, it would sound like you need a new lead). innerHTML grabs the HTML code as a string inside of the selected element. An iframe is an element used for transcluding content (usually from other sites or other pages on your own site). Apples and oranges...
They're very different. An iframe tells the browser to load a different URL in the iframe, and it will often have it's own scrolls. But a div can be made to look and work like an iframe by setting
overflow: auto
- in the style. Maybe that's what he meant.
iframe is an HTML tag used for displaying another website or page on your page, innerHTML is used in Javascript to change the content of an element on your webpage.
They are completely different.
They are not the same. Innerhtml is a way to access the contained html of an html element. An iframe is an element that let's you display content from a different web page than the one you're currently on.

Creating a Simple Layout/Style Editor

I am trying to create a layout/style editor similar to what is available on blogger. I noticed that they use an iframe, but the iframe has to refresh everytime you make a change. I am looking to do something more responsive. For example, if i change the width of a div I would like to see this change happening while I move the slider.
I was wondering if something like this is possible with the iframe setup using jquery/etc to modify the source of what is in the iframe, or is it better to not use an iframe?
The iframe would be used to load an existing webpage that is online.
The good thing with an iframe is that is not interfeering the rest of the page (you can use diffrent CSS, scripts, variable names and so on). TinyMCE and other editors uses iframe for its content. And yes its possible to access the iframe directly from jQuery:
See this link, http://jsbin.com/ajatix/edit#javascript,html,live

Empty contents of a iframe without touching the src

I would like to Empty contents of a iframe without touching the src. Probably using jquery. Say some thing like setting the innerHTML of body inside iframe to &nbsp
I have tried the following and it didnt work
$("#Top iframe body").html(' ');
If the iframe is on a different domain, its contents are off-limits to your page. There's nothing you can do about that - except remove or hide the whole container... or change the src.
If it is on the same domain, you can do it but the syntax is different - use .contents().

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