Control Inner iframe's from parent - javascript

According to this answer:
Invoking JavaScript code in an iframe from the parent page
I have an iframe that loads a page that has a div with the id flash_container
<iframe src="http://www.remote.com/a.html" id="iframeID">
I placed this code on my parent page (the page that loads the iframe) but it doesn't seem to work:
document.getElementById('iframeID').contentWindow.targetFunction();
function targetFunction() {
var el = document.getElementById('flash_container');
el.style.zoom = 0.7;
el.style.MozTransform = 'scale(0.7)';
el.style.WebkitTransform = 'scale(0.7)';
}
What I'm trying to do is to zoom-out the inner page inside the iframe from the parent page.

It's impossible to say for certain what's wrong, but I have some ideas you might want to look into.
Make sure that the iframe is loaded. Trying to do something inside a frame that hasn't finished loading clearly won't work
Are you sure that you don't have cross-domain problems. You cannot manipulate the contents of a cross-domain iframe.

Actually you could, if both side (your page and the page in the iframe) agree on sharing information, you could use message passsing. See https://stackoverflow.com/a/7938270/1571709

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Nested iframe css manipulation in javascript after load

My goal is to change a fill attribute in a polyline element in an svg sitting in a nested, same-domain, iframe.
When my page loads, I can see the content in the browser. In the chrome console, from javascript, I can access the nested iframe, and the div containing the svg.
document.querySelectorAll('iframe#my-frame')[0]
.contentDocument.querySelectorAll('iframe')[0]
.contentDocument.querySelector('#mydiv')
but the content of that div is evidently not in any dom that I can interrogate. The div is effectively empty, even though it's content is rendered in the browser.
<div id="mydiv"></div>
When I right-click > 'Inspect' the nested iframe, the devtools redirect to the body element of the iframe#document. I am now able to interrogate the div, and manipulate the svg elements' attributes. At this point I can no longer interrogate the parent page, because the window object is now the nested iframe itself--this is not unexpected.
But I can't reset window programmatically, I don't think, i.e., this doesn't work:
window = document.querySelectorAll('iframe#my-frame')[0].contentDocument.querySelectorAll('iframe')[0].contentWindow
Is there a way to programmatically change focus or window of the javascript running in the browser--what I assume is forcing the iframe content into the dom in order to manipulate a css attribute after page load? Remember this is not an iframe domain issue.
You can't access the iframe's content instantly
You need something like a load eventListener to wait until the <iframe> content is fully loaded.
const myFrame = document.querySelector("#my-frame");
myFrame.addEventListener("load", (e) => {
// content loaded - query and manipulate elements
let doc = myFrame.contentDocument;
let iframeSvg = doc.querySelector("svg");
let svgEl = iframeSvg.querySelector("rect");
svgEl.style.fill = "green";
});

(Javascript) .click() an clickable div inside an iframe

Imagine the situation, where I have an iframe of a website.
Inside that website there is a button in which I want to click via javascript.
After looking into the HTML of the website, I noticed that the button is actually a div, with class like.
So I tried this:
function likeFunction()
{
var iframe = document.getElementById("myFrame");
var elmnt = iframe.contentWindow.document.getElementsByTagName("div")[10];
elmnt.click();
}
or
function likeFunction()
{
var iframe = document.getElementById("myFrame");
iframe.contentWindow.document.getElementsByTagName("div")[10].click();
}
and my final attempt was giving that div an ID='ex'
function likeFunction()
{
var iframe = document.getElementById("myFrame");
iframe.contentWindow.document.getElementById("ex").click();
}
But in the end, nothing really did it for me, any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
Your solution should work, as long as the iFrame is on the same domain. If it is not, you should get an error on this line
iframe.contentWindow.document.getElementsByTagName("div")[10].click();
So you would probably have noticed.
My only thoughts are:
you might be using the wrong selector,
you might be running the posted script on the iframe itself, not on the parent scope
you might be running this before the iFrame is loaded. Maybe running this onDocumentComplete on the parent document or some other way.
The click listener might be on on different element than the one you are progamatically clicking on.
But in the scenarios I mentioned, you should be getting an error, which you didn't mention.
Otherwise, the general approach works on my tests.

How to force an iFrame to reload once it loads

I have numerous iframes that load specific content on my pages. Both the parent and iframe are on the same domain.
I have a scrollbar inside the iframe that doesn't seem to load correctly in all browsers. But when I refresh the iframe it loads perfect. I have no idea why it does this.
I have used the meta refresh, which works but I don't want the page to refresh constantly, just once.
The solution I'm looking for will reload the iFrame content after the iFrame is opened, with a minimal delay.
Edit
I realized that my page loads all of my iframes when the index is loaded. The iframes appear in a jQuery overlay, which is also loaded but visibility:hidden until called. So on this call is when I would want the iframe to be reloaded.
Could anyone help me come up with a Javascript function that reloads the iFrame when I click the link to the iFrame? I've gotten close but I know nothing about js and I keep falling short. I have a function that reloads the page, but I can't figure out how to get it called just once.
I have this so far:
<script type="text/javascript">
var pl;
var change;
pl=1;
function ifr() {
if (pl=1) {
document.location.reload([true]);
alert("Page Reloaded!");
change=1;
return change;
}
change+pl;
}
So basically it uses the document.location.reload which works to reload the page. I'm trying to then make pl change to something other than 1 so the function doesnt run again. I've been calling this JS from the body with onLoad.
All the leads on this went dead, but I did find a code snippet that worked. Not written by me, and I don't remember where it came from. Just posting to help someone should they ever have the same question.
<div class="overlay-content"> //Content container needed for CSS Styling
<div id="Reloader">
//iFrame will be reloaded into this div
</div>
//Script to reload the iframe when the page loads
<script>
function aboutReload() {
$("#Reloader").html('<iframe id="Reloader" height="355px" width="830px" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" src="about.html"></iframe>');
}
</script>
</div>
Basically just loads the iFrame source when the window with the iFrame opens, as opposed to the iFrame loading when the original page loads.
Beyond the scope of the original question, however this jQuery snippit works with cross domain iframe elements where the contentDocument.location.reload(true) method won't due to sandboxing.
//assumes 'this' is the iframe you want to reload.
$(this).replaceWith($(this).clone()); //Force a reload
Basically it replaces the whole iframe element with a copy of itself. We're using it to force resize embedded 3rd party "dumb" widgets like video players that don't notice when their size changes.
On the iframe element itself, set an onload:
iframe.onload = function() {this.contentWindow.location.reload(); this.onload = null;};
(Only works if the iframe's location is in the same domain as the main page)
Here's a complete solution to the original question:
<iframe onload="reloadOnce(this)" src="test2.html"></iframe>
<script>
var iframeLoadCount = 0;
function reloadOnce(iframe) {
iframeLoadCount ++;
if (iframeLoadCount <= 1) {
iframe.contentWindow.location.reload();
console.log("reload()");
}
}
</script>
The updated question is not really clear (what's "the link to the iFrame" and where is it in your snippet?), but you have a few issues with the code:
"calling this JS from the body with onLoad", assuming you mean an iframe's body, means the variable you're hoping to use to avoid infinite reloading will get clobbered along with the rest of the iframe's page when it's reloaded. You need to either load a slightly different URL in the iframe (and check the URL on iframe's onload before reloading) or put the flag variable in the outer page (and access it with parent.variableName - that should work I think)
if (pl=1) { should use ==, as = is always an assignment.
change+pl; has no effect.

Click event in iframe

I'm trying to append the url of the parent page an iframe is located in based on the current url within the iframe.
This is all taking place on the same domain, so I don't think there should be any security issues.
EDIT:
My code now looks like the following:
function locator_url() {
var iframeUrl = alert(document.getElementById("dealer- locator").documentWindow.location.href);
var iframeUrlSplit = iframeUrl.split('/locator/');
window.location.hash = '#' + iframeUrlSplit[1];
};
$(document).ready(function(){
document.getElementById("dealer-locator").contentWindow.onload = locator_url();
});
Now the default src for the iframe is http://localhost/meade/locator/
The page the iframe is on is http://localhost/meade/dealerlocator/
The code works for the initial page load, the parent url is appended to localhost/meade/dealerlocator/#
However, when I click a link inside the iframe the parent url doesn't change, even though the href value in the iframe has.
The parent url should have it's hash updated to something like:
localhost/meade/dealerlocator/#results_list.php?showonly=US&tab=US&zip=&distance=10&state=&city=&name=
But that's not happening.
What am I missing?
Did you try:
document.getElementById("dealer-locator").contentWindow.onload = locator_url;
Well, if you need click events in your iframe, then you could do it this way:
Car.com
Then locator_url() gets called in the parent page. Same goes for using load events (I mean, load events that occur in the iframe context).

jquery callback after if statement

Howdy guys, im having trouble finding help on creating a callback in certain situations.
I have a piece of code which loads a links page in to an iframe and then changes the scr if another link is pressed.
$(".iframe").hide();
$(".lnk").click(function(){
$(".iframe").show('slow')
;})
;
$(".frmclose").click(function(){
$(".iframe").hide('slow')
;})
;
The above runs within (document).ready
below is outside of this (for some reason it does not work on the inside)
function changeIframeSrc(id, url) {
if (!document.getElementById) return;
var el = document.getElementById(id);
if (el && el.src) {el.src = url;return false;}return true;}
the link :
google
prior to this i have the div in which the iframe is in become unhidden. I also have a button within that div which hides the div + iframe.
What im having problems with is once the iframe has been opened and then closed via the div link if it is re-opened by clicking a different link the iframe unhides to display the old page then changes. But what i want is for the frame to load the new page(while hidden) then unhide to display it. I thought of using a callback after the iframe src change but i cant see where i would implement it.
Example of it happening
(click the GDPH button to see the links for the iframe)
Any thoughts or help appreciated.
Regards
B Stoner
I think that all you need to do is clear the src of the <iframe> when it is closed. That will clear the page so that next time you show the iFrame it will start out blank again.
I made a small demo of this functionality that uses the 3 links from your page as an example. The <iframe> starts hidden (by CSS) and each link will show the <iframe> and then load the remote site. I added a close iframe link to simulate the close link you have under the <iframe> on your site.
Hope this helps!
Edit: Updated the demo link to include the callback part. Somehow missed that when I read the question!
Edit 2: Your changeIframeSrc function was not working was because it was defined inside the jQuery anonymous function and is a closure. See calling Jquery function from javascript
I would catch the .load() event for the iframe, this will fire after the document has been loaded in to the iframe.
$(".iframe").load(function { /* code to run when iframe is loaded */ });

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