How to move an iFrame in the DOM without losing it

2020-01-24 06:48发布

问题:

Take a look at this simple HTML:

<div id="wrap1">
  <iframe id="iframe1"></iframe>
</div>
<div id="warp2">
  <iframe id="iframe2"></iframe>
</div>

Let's say I wanted to move the wraps so that the #wrap2 would be before the #wrap1. The iframes are polluted by JavaScript. I am aware of jQuery's .insertAfter() and .insertBefore(). However, when I use those, the iFrame loses all of its HTML, and JavaScript variables and events.

Lets say the following was the iFrame's HTML:

<html>
  <head>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
      // The variable below would change on click
      // This represents changes on variables after the code is loaded
      // These changes should remain after the iFrame is moved
      variableThatChanges = false;
      $(function(){
        $("body").click(function(){ 
          variableThatChanges = true; 
        });
      });
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id='anything'>Illustrative Example</div>
  </body>
</html>

In the above code, the variable variableThatChanges would...change if the user clicked on the body. This variable, and the click event, should remain after the iFrame is moved (along with any other variables/events that have been started)

My question is the following: with JavaScript (with or without jQuery), how can I move the wrap nodes in the DOM (and their iframe childs) so that the iFrame's window stays the same, and the iFrame's events/variables/etc stay the same?

回答1:

It isn't possible to move an iframe from one place in the dom to another without it reloading.

Here is an example to show that even using native JavaScript the iFrames still reload: http://jsfiddle.net/pZ23B/

var wrap1 = document.getElementById('wrap1');
var wrap2 = document.getElementById('wrap2');
setTimeout(function(){
    document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].appendChild(wrap1);
},10000);


回答2:

This answer is related to the bounty by @djechlin

A lot of search on the w3/dom specs and didn't find anything final that specifically says that iframe should be reloaded while moving in the DOM tree, however I did find lots of references and comments in the webkit's trac/bugzilla/microsoft regarding different behavior changes over the years.

I hope someone will find anything specific regarding this issue, but for now here are my findings:

  1. According to Ryosuke Niwa - "That's the expected behavior".
  2. There was a "magic iframe" (webkit, 2010), but it was removed in 2012.
  3. According to MS - "iframe resources are freed when removed from the DOM". When you appendChild(node) of existing node - that node is first removed from the dom.
    Interesting thing here - IE<=8 didn't reload the iframe - this behavior is (somewhat) new (since IE>=9).
  4. According to Hallvord R. M. Steen comment, this is a quote from the iframe specs

    When an iframe element is inserted into a document that has a browsing context, the user agent must create a new browsing context, set the element's nested browsing context to the newly-created browsing context, and then process the iframe attributes for the "first time".

    This is the most close thing I found in the specs, however it's still require some interpretation (since when we move the iframe element in the DOM we don't really do a full remove, even if the browsers uses the node.removeChild method).



回答3:

Whenever an iframe is appended and has a src attribute applied it fires a load action similarly to when creating an Image tag via JS. So when you remove and then append them they are completely new entities and they refresh. Its kind of how window.location = window.location will reload a page.

The only way I know to reposition iframes is via CSS. Here is an example I put together showing one way to handle this with flex-box: https://jsfiddle.net/3g73sz3k/15/

The basic idea is to create a flex-box wrapper and then define an specific order for the iframes using the order attribute on each iframe wrapper.

<style>
  .container{
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
  }
</style>
<div class="container">
  <div id="wrap1" style="order: 0" class="iframe-wrapper">
    <iframe id="iframe1" src="https://google.com"></iframe>
  </div>
  <div id="warp2" style="order: 1" class="iframe-wrapper">
    <iframe id="iframe2" src="https://bing.com"></iframe>
  </div>
</div>

As you can see in the JS fiddle these order styles are inline to simplify the flip button so rotate the iframes.

I sourced the solution from this StackOverflow question: Swap DIV position with CSS only

Hope that helps.



回答4:

If you have created the iFrame on the page and simply need to move it's position later try this approach:

Append the iFrame to the body and use a high z-index and top,left,width,height to put the iFrame where you want.

Even CSS zoom works on the body without reloading which is awesome!

I maintain two states for my "widget" and it is either injected in place in the DOM or to the body using this method.

This is useful when other content or libraries will squish or squash your iFrame.

BOOM!



回答5:

Unfortunately, the parentNode property of an HTML DOM element is read-only. You can adjust the positions of the iframes, of course, but you can't change their location in the DOM and preserve their states.

See this jsfiddle I created that provides a good test bed. http://jsfiddle.net/RpHTj/1/

Click on the box to toggle the value. Click on the "move" to run the javascript.



回答6:

This question is pretty old... but I did find a way to move an iframe without it reloading. CSS only. I have multiple iframes with camera streams, I dont like when they reload when i swap them. So i used a combination of float, position:absolute, and some dummy blocks to move them around without reloading them and having the desired layout on demand (resizing and all).



回答7:

In response to the bounty @djechlin placed on this question, I have forked the jsfiddle posted by @matt-h and have come to the conclusion that this is still not possible.

http://jsfiddle.net/gr3wo9u6/

//this does not work, the frames reload when appended back to the DOM
function swapFrames() {
    var w1 = document.getElementById('wrap1');
    var w2 = document.getElementById('wrap2');
    var f1 = w1.querySelector('iframe');
    var f2 = w2.querySelector('iframe');

    w1.removeChild(f1);
    w2.removeChild(f2);
    w1.appendChild(f2);
    w2.appendChild(f1);
    //f1.parentNode = w2;
    //f2.parentNode = w1;

    //alert(f1.parentNode.id);
}


回答8:

If you are using the iframe to access pages you control, you could create some javascript to allow your parent to communicate with the iframe via postMessage

From there, you could build login inside the iframe to record state changes, and before moving dom, request that as a json object.

Once moved, the iframe will reload, you can pass the state data into the iframe and the iframe listening can parse the data back into the previous state.