You can get the nodes of the document
object of an <iframe>
with the contentDocument
property of the HTMLIFrameElement
But I can't find a way getting the <iframe>
back out of the node.
Is the relation between the <iframe>
and it's document is only one way?
If it does, WHY?
var iframe = document.getElementById('iframe');
var doc = iframe.contentDocument || iframe.contentWindow.document;
var div = doc.getElementsByTagName('div')[0];
console.log('Did we find the iframe? ' + ($(div).closest('iframe').length > 0));
// Output: "Did we find the iframe? false"
The iframe
element is in different document
(it's an element in the main page) than the div
element (it's an element in the iframe page).
You can get the iframe
element like this:
iframe.contentWindow.frameElement === iframe
Or when inside the iframe
script environment:
window.frameElement
Or using the div
div.ownerDocument.defaultView.frameElement === iframe