I have a document which has a nested frameset. I need to access one of the nested frames, named "sq_main", and access content inside this frame. Here is my structure:
<html>
<head>
<title>Title</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<frameset rows="28,*" frameborder="0" border="0">
<frame src="/_admin/?SQ_BACKEND_PAGE=header" name="sq_header" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">
<frameset cols="380,10,*" frameborder="0" border="0" id ="main_frameset">
<frame src="/_admin/?SQ_BACKEND_PAGE=sidenav" name="sq_sidenav" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">
<frame src="/_admin/?SQ_BACKEND_PAGE=resizer" name="sq_resizer" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">
<frame src="/_admin?SQ_BACKEND_PAGE=main&assetid=43&sq_from_frontend=1" name="sq_main" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="yes">
</frameset>
</frameset>
<noframes></noframes>
</html>
Sadly, I can't change the code, that is why I need to access it with jQuery. I have tried to write a jQuery selector to access the "sq_main" frame, but no luck so far:
$('body', parent.frames[0].sq_main).prepend('<h1>TEST!!!!</h1>');
Ideas on how to drill down into this ugly structure? :)
Try to navigate one step at a time. IIRC, the frames
array only works with iframes
. Try the selector frame[name = 'sq_main']
instead.
Example by Ronny Sherer:
var frameDocument = $('frame[name="mainFrame"]', top.document)[0].contentDocument;
$(frameDocument).find('body').prepend('<h1>TEST!!!!</h1>');
var sql_mainJQ = $("frame[name='sql_main']", top.document);
//$('body', sql_mainJQ.contents()).prepend("TEST!!!!"); // :( Bad
var frameContent = sql_mainJQ[0].contentDocument;
if ($.browser.msie) {
frameContent = mainFrameJQ[0].contentWindow.document;
} else {
frameContent = mainFrameJQ[0].contentDocument;
}
$('body', sql_mainJQ.contents()).prepend("TEST!!!!"); // :> Maybe OK!
<html>
<head>
<title>frames.html</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<frameset rows="100,*" frameborder="1" border="2">
<frame src="helloworld.html" name="sq_header" id="sq_header" scrolling="yes" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">
<frameset cols="380,300,*" frameborder="1" border="2" id ="main_frameset">
<frame src="helloworld.html" name="sq_sidenav" id="sq_sidenav" scrolling="yes" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">
<frame src="anotherpage.html" name="sq_resizer" id="sq_resizer" scrolling="yes" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">
<frame src="helloworld.html" name="sq_main" id="sq_main" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="yes">
</frameset>
</frameset>
<noframes>
</noframes>
</html>
<html>
<head>
<title>anotherpage.html</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
//http://encosia.com/3-reasons-why-you-should-let-google-host-jquery-for-you/
// You may specify partial version numbers, such as "1" or "1.3",
// with the same result. Doing so will automatically load the
// latest version matching that partial revision pattern
// (e.g. 1.3 would load 1.3.2 today and 1 would load 1.7.2).
google.load("jquery", "1.6.2");
google.setOnLoadCallback(function() {
// Place init code here instead of $(document).ready()
});
</script>
<script language="Javascript">
var d = new Date();
var n = d.getTime();
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#title').html($("title").html());
/*
this is to work in safari
see "Updated answer provided below....looks like a setTimeout maybe needed as the frames aren't loaded when the initial startup script runs. – David Hoerster Aug 21 '10 at 16:38
url: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3534082/jquery-access-table-inside-a-frame
*/
setTimeout(writemsg, 2000);
function writemsg() {
$('#helloworld',top.frames["sq_main"].document).html("Write from "+ $("title").html()+" in sq_main at "+ n);
}
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="title">
</div>
</p>
<div id="helloworld">
Hello World JQuery!</div>
</body>
</html>
<html>
<head>
<title>helloworld.html</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
//http://encosia.com/3-reasons-why-you-should-let-google-host-jquery-for-you/
// You may specify partial version numbers, such as "1" or "1.3",
// with the same result. Doing so will automatically load the
// latest version matching that partial revision pattern
// (e.g. 1.3 would load 1.3.2 today and 1 would load 1.7.2).
google.load("jquery", "1.6.2");
google.setOnLoadCallback(function() {
// Place init code here instead of $(document).ready()
});
</script>
<script language="Javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#title').html($("title").html());
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="title">
</div>
</p>
<div id="helloworld">
Hello World JQuery!</div>
</body>
</html>