Is it possible to edit DOM elements that get loaded via an with jQuery?</a></h1> </div> <div class="grid fw-wrap pb8 mb16 bb bc-black-075"> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8" title="2016-01-12 19:07:53Z"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Asked</span> <time itemprop="dateCreated" datetime="2010-09-26T08:41:17.587" class="fromnow">Sep 26 '10 at 08:41</time> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Active</span> <time class="fromnow" title="2010-09-26T15:00:00.347" datetime="2010-09-26T15:00:00.347">Sep 26 '10 at 15:00</a> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mb8" title="Viewed 6,185 times"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Viewed</span> 6,185 times </div> </div> <div id="mainbar" role="main" aria-label="questions and answers"> <div id="question" class="question" data-questionid="3797099" data-ownerid="257942" data-score="2"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="3797099"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="2">2</div> <button class="js-bookmark-btn s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer py4"> <svg aria-hidden="true" class="svg-icon iconBookmark" width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><path d="M6 1a2 2 0 00-2 2v14l5-4 5 4V3a2 2 0 00-2-2H6zm3.9 3.83h2.9l-2.35 1.7.9 2.77L9 7.59l-2.35 1.7.9-2.76-2.35-1.7h2.9L9 2.06l.9 2.77z"></path></svg> <div class="js-bookmark-count mt4" data-value=""></div> </button> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>I have the following HTML code:</p> <pre><code><body> ... <div id="users"> <iframe src="http://control.intranet/userlist.php" height="100"> </div> ... </body> </code></pre> <p>Where the <code>//control.intranet/userlist.php</code> loads a list of users from our intranet control panel.</p> <p>This list looks like this:</p> <pre><code><div class="user"> <span class="name">Boda Cydo</span> <span class="ip">10.42.12.2</span> ... </div> <div class="user"> ... </div> ... </code></pre> <p>Now I want to format how the userlist looks, so I try to match elements in it with jQuery:</p> <pre><code>$("#users .name").css("background-color", "#FF0000") </code></pre> <p>But it never matches a single <code>.name</code>.</p> <p>I even tried just <code>$("#users").length</code> and it returns 0.</p> <p>This makes me think that I can't edit DOM elements loaded via iframe with jQuery. Is that true? If so, how do I edit CSS of elements that are loaded via iframe?</p> <p>Thanks, Boda Cydo.</p></div> <div class="mt24 mb12"> <div class="post-taglist grid gs4 gsy fd-column"> <div class="grid ps-relative"> <a href="../../questions/tagged/jquery" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'jquery'" rel="tag">jquery</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/html" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'html'" rel="tag">html</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/css" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'css'" rel="tag">css</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/dom" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'dom'" rel="tag">dom</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature owner grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="asked Sep 26 '10 at 08:41">asked Sep 26 '10 at 08:41</time> <a href="../../users/257942/bodacydo" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/257942.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="bodacydo" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/257942/bodacydo" class="s-user-card--link">bodacydo</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">75,521</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blinggold" title="93 gold badges">93</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="229 silver badges">229</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingbronze" title="319 bronze badges">319</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-layout--right js-post-comments-component"> <div id="comments-3797099" class="comments js-comments-container bt bc-black-075 mt12 " data-post-id="3797099" data-min-length="15"> <ul class="comments-list js-comments-list" data-remaining-comments-count="0" data-canpost="false" data-cansee="true" data-comments-unavailable="false" data-addlink-disabled="true"> <li id="comment-4024821" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="4024821" data-comment-owner-id="212384" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment4024821_3797099"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">Possible duplicate of [Javascript callback when IFRAME is finished loading?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/164085/javascript-callback-when-iframe-is-finished-loading)</span> – <a href="../../users/212384/bertrand-marron" title="21,501 reputation" class="comment-user ">Bertrand Marron</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/3797099/is-it-possible-to-edit-dom-elements-that-get-loaded-via-an-iframe-with-jquery#comment4024821_3797099"><span title="2010-09-26T08:48:57.163 License: CC BY-SA 2.5" class="relativetime-clean">Sep 26 '10 at 08:48</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-4024839" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="4024839" data-comment-owner-id="279608" data-comment-score="1"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> <span title="number of 'useful comment' votes received" class="warm">1</span> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment4024839_3797099"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">Is the parent page also hosted on `control.intranet`? If not, this is complicated by cross-domain security issues.</span> – <a href="../../users/279608/andrew" title="14,204 reputation" class="comment-user ">Andrew</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/3797099/is-it-possible-to-edit-dom-elements-that-get-loaded-via-an-iframe-with-jquery#comment4024839_3797099"><span title="2010-09-26T08:53:24.400 License: CC BY-SA 2.5" class="relativetime-clean">Sep 26 '10 at 08:53</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-4025060" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="4025060" data-comment-owner-id="257942" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment4025060_3797099"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">It's on `monitor.extranet`, can i access the iframe of `control.intranet` from it?</span> – <a href="../../users/257942/bodacydo" title="75,521 reputation" class="comment-user owner">bodacydo</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/3797099/is-it-possible-to-edit-dom-elements-that-get-loaded-via-an-iframe-with-jquery#comment4025060_3797099"><span title="2010-09-26T10:11:00.790 License: CC BY-SA 2.5" class="relativetime-clean">Sep 26 '10 at 10:11</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="answers"> <a name="tab-top"></a> <div id="answers-header"> <div class="answers-subheader grid ai-center mb8"> <div class="grid--cell fl1"> <h2 class="mb0" data-answercount="9">3 Answers<span style="display:none;" itemprop="answerCount">3</span></h2> </div> </div> </div> <a name="3797118"></a> <div id="answer-3797118" class="answer " data-answerid="3797118" data-ownerid="342909" data-score="3" itemprop="suggestedAnswer" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Answer"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="3797118"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="3">3</div> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><blockquote> <p>The .contents() method can also be used to get the content document of an iframe, if the iframe is on the same domain as the main page.</p> </blockquote> <p>From: <a class="external-link" href="http://api.jquery.com/contents/" rel="nofollow">http://api.jquery.com/contents/</a></p></div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="answered Sep 26 '10 at 08:51">answered Sep 26 '10 at 08:51</time> <a href="../../users/342909/jochem" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/342909.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="Jochem" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/342909/jochem" class="s-user-card--link">Jochem</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">2,995</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="16 silver badges">16</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingbronze" title="18 bronze badges">18</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-layout--right js-post-comments-component"> </div> </div> </div> <a name="3798328"></a> <div id="answer-3798328" class="answer " data-answerid="3798328" data-ownerid="440412" data-score="2" itemprop="suggestedAnswer" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Answer"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="3798328"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="2">2</div> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>try</p> <pre><code>$("#iframeid").contents().("#users .name").css("background-color", "#FF0000"); </code></pre> <p>it will only work if your iframe and main page belongs to same domain. </p></div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="answered Sep 26 '10 at 15:00">answered Sep 26 '10 at 15:00</time> <a href="../../users/440412/nik" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/440412.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="Nik" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/440412/nik" class="s-user-card--link">Nik</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">4,015</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blinggold" title="3 gold badges">3</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="20 silver badges">20</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-bling__bronze" title="16 bronze badges">16</li> 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