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Post May 20th, 2009, 12:09 am

I have an iframe (yeah yeah, don't use an iframe...I know). I want to call a function that's written in the parent of the iframe when a user clicks a link inside the iframe. the age within the iframe is on my domain, so if that was a foreseen problem it's nothing to worry about. I'm just not even sure what to look for on google. Any ideas?
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Post May 20th, 2009, 12:09 am

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Post May 20th, 2009, 2:26 am

I don't think iframe will work?! I have no idea on that.
Also how can you call a function?! you may call a page(containing that function) at most, that too by using frames.
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Post May 20th, 2009, 8:25 am

If he is talking about javascript, then you could call a function via onclick... if it's PHP, you could initiate the function bby a GET trigger...

At the iFrame link you could set '?dofunction=true' and at the main page, if ?dofunction is set and if ?dofunction equals true, then the function would be initiated.

I think there is a way to target something outside of the iFrame... I'm not sure though...
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Post May 20th, 2009, 12:36 pm

sorry, my bad...I'm talking about javascript with jquery.

In order to call the page containing the iframe - when clicking a link inside the iframe - you use
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window.parent


I have a function called "contentLoad" inside my parent document.
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function contentLoad()
{
        $(document).ready(function()
        {
            $("#contentWrap").slideToggle("slow");
            setTimeout(function()
                {
                    $("#contentWrap").slideToggle(1200);
                }, 1500);
        });
}
 
  1.  
  2. function contentLoad()
  3. {
  4.         $(document).ready(function()
  5.         {
  6.             $("#contentWrap").slideToggle("slow");
  7.             setTimeout(function()
  8.                 {
  9.                     $("#contentWrap").slideToggle(1200);
  10.                 }, 1500);
  11.         });
  12. }
  13.  


"#contentwrap" is a div that wraps around the iframe.

I want "contentLoad()" to run whenever a user clicks on a link within the iframe.

I added a piece of code inside the iframe page that looks like this:
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$(document).ready(function()
{
    $("a").click(function(event)
    {
        window.parent.contentLoad();
    });
});
  1. $(document).ready(function()
  2. {
  3.     $("a").click(function(event)
  4.     {
  5.         window.parent.contentLoad();
  6.     });
  7. });

This isn't working. Any ideas why?
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Post May 20th, 2009, 2:25 pm

okay, screw all of that. Changed my mind on the approach to make it easier.

New code in the iframe:
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$("a").click(function()
{
        window.parent.$("#contentWrap").toggle('normal');
        setTimeout(function()
    {
        $("#contentWrap").slideToggle(1200);
    }, 500);
});
  1. $("a").click(function()
  2. {
  3.         window.parent.$("#contentWrap").toggle('normal');
  4.         setTimeout(function()
  5.     {
  6.         $("#contentWrap").slideToggle(1200);
  7.     }, 500);
  8. });


In the parent window of the iframe there is a div with the id "contentWrap"

I want this div to shrink to nothing, wait half a second, and then grow back to its original size.
I want this "toggle" to take place whenever a user clicks on a link within my iframe. Why isn't this working?
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Post May 21st, 2009, 8:15 am

The <iframe> tag does not support any event attributes.
http://www.w3schools.com/TAGS/tag_iframe.asp

also window.parent can be called only with frames not iframes.

You should think of using frames instead!
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Post May 21st, 2009, 11:54 pm

I'm not attempting to call an event on a frame or an iframe. I'm trying to call an event for a link within the page that will be displayed within the iframe. I want to call a function whenever the user clicks on a link within the document held in the iframe, that function needs to affect the elements in the parent document.
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Post May 22nd, 2009, 7:46 am

I think dark_lord is talking about calling an even from an iframe...
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