.load() on an iFrame and FireFox

Asked Jul 11 '13 at 08:47

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I'm using jQuery to attach an event handler .load() to an iFrame to take action once an iFrame is loaded.

I have a loading dial that appears on page load then on .load() it hides the loading dial.

Unfortunately, this doesn't work in FireFox for invalid URLs (like http://example/). For some reason, all browsers still fire the .load() except for FireFox.

This is causing issues by keeping the loading dial on screen.

Is there workaround to make the .load() event fire in FireFox on invalid URLs?

asked Jul 11 '13 at 08:47

Jamesking56

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`$.load` will never work with external URLs. – Alvaro Jul 11 '13 at 08:51
So how can I remove my loading dial for invalid URLs? The user is changing the URL themselves for the iFrame. – Jamesking56 Jul 11 '13 at 08:54
Take a look at: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2910946/test-if-links-are-external-with-jquery-javascript or http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6238351/fastest-way-to-detect-external-urls – Alvaro Jul 11 '13 at 08:55
Try `if (iframe.readyState == "complete"){ // Do your stuff}` – anmarti Jul 11 '13 at 08:57
@senyorToni won't I have to loop that though? – Jamesking56 Jul 11 '13 at 09:05
@Alvaro that doesn't help me in the slightest – Jamesking56 Jul 11 '13 at 09:10
@Jamesking56 why not. You just have to check if the link is external or not and add a condition to show your dialog or not. – Alvaro Jul 11 '13 at 09:32

.load() on an iFrame and FireFox

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