How to pick element inside iframe using document.getElementById

ishk picture ishk · Jan 22, 2013 · Viewed 165.6k times · Source

I have a iframe like this

<iframe name="myframe1" id="myframe1" width="100%" height="100%" src="a.html">
<html>
    <head></head>
    <frameset name="myframe2" cols="0%, 100%" border="0" frameBorder="0" frameSpacing="0">
        <frame name="page1" src="c.html" scrolling="no"></frame>
        <frame name="page2" src="d.html" >
            <html>
                <head></head>
                <body id="top">
                    <div id="div1">
                        <div id="div2">
                            <div id="div3">
                                <ul id="x">
                                    <li>a</li>
                                    <li>b</li>
                                </ul>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </body>
            </html>

        </frame>

    </frameset>
</html>
</iframe>

I want to refer to the element "x". I tried in several ways but I couldn't find a solution.

Answer

Fabr&#237;cio Matt&#233; picture Fabrício Matté · Jan 22, 2013
document.getElementById('myframe1').contentWindow.document.getElementById('x')

Fiddle

contentWindow is supported by all browsers including the older versions of IE.

Note that if the iframe's src is from another domain, you won't be able to access its content due to the Same Origin Policy.