Access iframe elements in JavaScript

Question

I have a webpage where there is a textarea within an iframe. I need to read the value of this textarea from its child page using JavaScript.

Presently by using window.parent.getelementbyID().value in the JavaScript, I am able to fetch values of all controls in the parent page except the textarea within the iframe.

Can anyone please give me any pointers to resolve this issue?

Answer 1

window.frames['myIFrame'].document.getElementById('myIFrameElemId')

not working for me but I found another solution. Use:

window.frames['myIFrame'].contentDocument.getElementById('myIFrameElemId')

I checked it on Firefox and Chrome.

Answer 2

this code worked for me:

window.frames['myIFrame'].contentDocument.getElementById('myIFrameElemId');

Answer 3

Two ways

window.frames['myIFrame'].contentDocument.getElementById('myIFrameElemId')

OR

window.frames['myIFrame'].contentWindow.document.getElementById('myIFrameElemId')

Answer 4

If your iframe is in the same domain as your parent page you can access the elements using document.frames collection.

// replace myIFrame with your iFrame id
// replace myIFrameElemId with your iFrame's element id
// you can work on document.frames['myIFrame'].document like you are working on
// normal document object in JS
window.frames['myIFrame'].document.getElementById('myIFrameElemId')

If your iframe is not in the same domain the browser should prevent such access for security reasons.

Answer 5

You should access frames from window and not document

window.frames['myIFrame'].document.getElementById('myIFrameElemId')

Answer 6

Make sure your iframe is already loaded. Old but reliable way without jQuery:

<iframe src="samedomain.com/page.htm" id="iframe" onload="access()"></iframe>

<script>
function access() {
   var iframe = document.getElementById("iframe");
   var innerDoc = iframe.contentDocument || iframe.contentWindow.document;
   console.log(innerDoc.body);
}
</script>