kimmieblob Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 man im pulling my hair out on this im basically trying to create a submit button outside of the targeted iframe. I have this but it is not working properly for me, when i hit submit, the page does waht it wants, here is a live example of my failure http://bit.ly/i2WgM0 i want when i hit the button "submit the form" to basically act like if i hit enter on that iframe so in my example i have iframe googled, so if i type a search and hit enter it brings the search results, but if i type a search and hit my button "submit the form" it just doesnt act like i hit enter. ive been working on this for the last few hours, and i cant help but think its something so simple, so i had to ask any help is muchly appericated <html> <head> <script type="text/javascript"> function submitFormToIFrame(){ //IE if( document.myform ){ document.myform.setAttribute('target','frame_x'); document.myform.submit(); //FF } else { var form=document.getElementById('myform'); form.setAttribute('target', 'frame_x'); form.submit(); } } </script> </head> <body> <h1>Hello Erwin!</h1> <form id="myform" name="myform" action="" target=""> <input type="button" value="Submit the Form" onClick="submitFormToIFrame();"> </form> <span id="iframeSlot"> <iframe name="frame_x"> </iframe> </span> </body> </html> Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/219660-submit-it-to-iframe/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 You cannot access/manipulate elements/DOM in the iframe page with javascript unless it is hosted and served on the same domain as the parent page. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/219660-submit-it-to-iframe/#findComment-1139540 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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