I have a html page. Inside it I use jQuery to attach click event on a link. Then I use iframe to reference this html page from another page. However I could not trigger the event attached on that link with js (when I click the link with the mouse, the event gets triggered with no problem). How can I trigger that event from parent frame? I have tried the following but it does not work:
var frame = $('#mainFrame'); // the iframe I am trying to access
var link = $('a.btn', frame.contents()); // the element is found correctly
link.trigger('click'); // nothing happens.
var e = link.data('events'); // e is undefined.
Here is how you can do it.
document.getElementById('ifrmMsg').contentWindow.$('a:first').trigger('click');
- Demo: http://jsbin.com/aYijiLe/2
- Parent: http://jsbin.com/aYijiLe/2/edit
- iFrame: http://jsbin.com/IrogeBi/1/edit
You can also use postMessage()
for this purpose. It will work cross domain as well. However JS inside the iframe must listen on the message
event, ie, you need to control the source of the iframe.
- Demo: http://jsbin.com/ILAsEmE/1
- Parent: http://jsbin.com/ILAsEmE/1/edit
- iframe: http://jsbin.com/uZEQuTa/2/edit
Just place onload() event inside the iframe tag.
<iframe src="http://myURL.com" onload="myFunction()">