Most effective way of determining whether called page is being loaded inside iframe or directly from browser?

Question

I want to check whether the loaded page is loaded directly from browser or called inside any frame including Facebook application as canvas page.

This is really important for me. I found out this question How to identify if a webpage is being loaded inside an iframe or directly into the browser window? but some people said that it doesn't work at some browsers ?

I can also use jquery if that provides better solution or this solution is the best ?

Thank you very much for the answers

function inIframe () {
    try {
        return window.self !== window.top;
    } catch (e) {
        return true;
    }
}

You do not want to use !== since in IE, self and top refer to two different proxy objects, and you will get a false positive. Use != instead. — Sean Kinsey, Mar 06 '14 at 05:33

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 03 '14 at 12:41

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function isIframe() {
var isInIframe = (window.location != window.parent.location) ? true : false;
alert(isInIframe);
}

answered Mar 03 '14 at 12:41

douwe12345

so you think that this is better approach and would work at more browsers ? – Furkan Gözükara Mar 03 '14 at 13:55

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