I'm hosting an iFrame and it seems like when a link points to external domains it loads it on the main window and not in the iFrame.
Is there a way to force the links to be opened in the same iFrame?
Notice: I can add anything I want to the page loaded in the iFrame (using Chrome extension).
I tried adding:
<base target="_parent" />
But it didn't do any good...
Check Headers of your external domain page. If X-Frame-Options
Header is set to DENY
, browser ignores loading content to iframe or frame set and loads in main frame of browser.
Regardless of the site attempts the page cannot be displayed in a frame.
Your Code
<base target="_parent" />
is used for Loading the result into the parent browsing context of the current one. If there is no parent, this option behaves the same way as _self
, so it can not solve your problem
Use
<base target="myframe">
instead where myframe
is name of your iframe.
<iframe width="200" height="200" name="myframe"></iframe>
Demonstration
Look for server headers for loading pages
<html>
<head>
<base target="myframe">
</head>
<body>
<a href="hi.html">Base</a>
<a href="bye.html">A Tag</a>
<iframe width="200" height="200" name="myframe"></iframe>
</body>
</html>
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