FireFox and iframe.src

[Phlip]

JavaScripties:

On the HTML side, we load an IFRAME with a blank page:

<iframe frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0 " scrolling="off"
src="about:blan k" id="iframe_xml1 !format_text"
name="iframe_xm l1!format_text" width="90%" height=" 180 ">Your browser is
inferior and doesn't support IFRAMEs.</iframe>

Later, a button click populates this frame:

var iframe = window.frames[iframeName];
iframe.src = outputUrl;

That works on IE but not FireFox. Any tips?

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Phlip

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[Richard Cornford]

Re: FireFox and iframe.src

Phlip wrote:[color=blue]
> JavaScripties:
>
> On the HTML side, we load an IFRAME with a blank page:
>
> <iframe frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0 "
> scrolling="off" src="about:blan k" id="iframe_xml1 !format_text"
> name="iframe_xm l1!format_text" width="90%" height=" 180 ">Your
> browser is inferior and doesn't support IFRAMEs.</iframe>
>
> Later, a button click populates this frame:
>
> var iframe = window.frames[iframeName];
> iframe.src = outputUrl;
>
> That works on IE but not FireFox. Any tips?[/color]

The object returned by references via the - frames - collection are
window/frame object, while the object representing the HTML IFRAME
element would be found in the DOM of the document in the window/frame
object containing the - frames - collection. The - src - property is
expected to be on the IFRAME element (though frequently read only) not
the window object within the IFRAME.

To navigate window/frame object the normal practice is to assign a URL
to the location property of the frame in question (or assign a URL to
the - href - property of the object already referred to by the location
property):-

iframe.location = outputUrl;

Richard.

[Phlip]

Re: FireFox and iframe.src

Richard Cornford wrote:
[color=blue]
> To navigate window/frame object the normal practice is to assign a URL
> to the location property of the frame in question (or assign a URL to
> the - href - property of the object already referred to by the location
> property):-
>
> iframe.location = outputUrl;[/color]

Thanks!

Now, how do I also get it working with Opera?

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Phlip

http://industrialxp.org/community/bin/view/Main/TestFirstUserInterfaces

[Richard Cornford]

Re: FireFox and iframe.src

Phlip wrote:[color=blue]
> Richard Cornford wrote:
>[color=green]
>> To navigate window/frame object the normal practice is to assign a
>> URL to the location property of the frame in question (or assign a
>> URL to the - href - property of the object already referred to by
>> the location property):-
>>
>> iframe.location = outputUrl;[/color]
>
> Thanks!
>
> Now, how do I also get it working with Opera?[/color]

It already does work with Opera, and Konqueror, Safari, IceBrowser, etc.
It is normal practice because it is the cross-browser method.

Richard.

[Phlip]

Re: FireFox and iframe.src

Richard Cornford wrote:
[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >> iframe.location = outputUrl;[/color]
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Now, how do I also get it working with Opera?[/color]
>
> It already does work with Opera, and Konqueror, Safari, IceBrowser, etc.
> It is normal practice because it is the cross-browser method.[/color]

The <iframe src="about:blan k"> is inside a <span id="yo"
style="display: none">

Clicking a button switches the <span> to display:inline, and assigns the
iframe location.

What I thought was not "working" in Opera I now realize is a display bug.
Opera displayed the span and refreshed the iframe, but pushed them down off
the end of my window.

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Phlip

http://industrialxp.org/community/bin/view/Main/TestFirstUserInterfaces

[Lachlan Hunt]

Re: FireFox and iframe.src

Phlip wrote:[color=blue]
> <iframe ... >Your browser is inferior and doesn't support IFRAMEs.</iframe>[/color]

Customer/Visitor: Your web site is inferior and has lost my business!

Please provide suitable alternate content so your site degrades
gracefully. A simple link to the iframe content would usually be suitable.

http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/

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Lachlan Hunt

http://lachy.id.au/

http://GetFirefox.com/ Rediscover the Web
http://GetThunderbird.com/ Reclaim your Inbox

[Phlip]

Re: FireFox and iframe.src

Lachlan Hunt wrote:
[color=blue]
> Phlip wrote:[/color]
[color=blue][color=green]
> > <iframe ... >Your browser is inferior and doesn't support[/color][/color]
IFRAMEs.</iframe>[color=blue]
>
> Customer/Visitor: Your web site is inferior and has lost my business!
>
> Please provide suitable alternate content so your site degrades
> gracefully. A simple link to the iframe content would usually be[/color]
suitable.[color=blue]
> http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/[/color]
[color=blue]
>sigh<[/color]

I am aware this newsgroup educates HTML newbies.

My site is for in-house use /only/, and it has quite a few more technical
restrictions than just a W3C-compliant web browser:

http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?MiniRubyWiki

Kids - don't do that at home. Especially in text your boss might not notice
before your HTML goes online...

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Phlip

http://industrialxp.org/community/bin/view/Main/TestFirstUserInterfaces