Access elements and its properties from document to parent document</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="2019-10-04T08:31:56.327" class="fromnow">Oct 04 '19 at 08:31</time> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Active</span> <time class="fromnow" title="2019-10-05T21:24:25.017" datetime="2019-10-05T21:24:25.017">Oct 05 '19 at 21:24</a> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mb8" title="Viewed 152 times"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Viewed</span> 152 times </div> </div> <div id="mainbar" role="main" aria-label="questions and answers"> <div id="question" class="question" data-questionid="58232644" data-ownerid="6488441" data-score="0"> <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="58232644"> <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="0">0</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 want to access element and its events and properties from child document which is in <code><iframe></code> and that <code><iframe></code> added into the page.</p> <p>I have a survey and that I'm including into the page using <code><iframe></code>. I want to trigger events from the survey to so when I'm comes on survey page the <strong>Lead</strong> Facebook pixel code fires and when survey completed the <strong>CompleteRegistration</strong> Facebook pixel code fires. So I'm trying to access some actions/events from <code><iframe></code> to fires FB pixel code.</p> <p>Both documents are on the same server, but it's not working. </p> <p>I've tried this:</p> <pre><code>$(document).ready(function() { $('#assessment').load(function(){ var iframe = $('#assessment').contents(); iframe.find("h1 .statetitle").click(function() { alert("test"); }); }); }); </code></pre> <p>Also this:</p> <pre><code>var a = window.frames['assessment'].contentDocument.getElementsByClassName('h1').innerHTML; alert(a); </code></pre> <p>Any help is welcome. Thanks in Advance.</p></div> <div class="mt24 mb12"> <div class="post-taglist grid gs4 gsy fd-column"> <div class="grid ps-relative"> <a href="../../questions/tagged/javascript" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'javascript'" rel="tag">javascript</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/jquery" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'jquery'" rel="tag">jquery</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 grid--cell"> <div class="user-info "> <div class="user-action-time">edited <span title="2019-10-04T09:55:55.160" class="relativetime">Oct 04 '19 at 09:55</span></div> <div class="user-gravatar32"></div> <div class="user-details" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <span class="d-none" itemprop="name">Ganesh Aher</span> <div class="-flair"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-signature owner grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="asked Oct 04 '19 at 08:31">asked Oct 04 '19 at 08:31</time> <a href="../../users/6488441/ganesh-aher" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/6488441.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="Ganesh Aher" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/6488441/ganesh-aher" class="s-user-card--link">Ganesh Aher</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">1,118</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blinggold" title="3 gold badges">3</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="21 silver badges">21</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-bling__bronze" title="51 bronze badges">51</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-layout--right js-post-comments-component"> <div id="comments-58232644" class="comments js-comments-container bt bc-black-075 mt12 " data-post-id="58232644" 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-102839119" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="102839119" data-comment-owner-id="387194" 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="comment102839119_58232644"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">Is the iframe in same domain as your document? Because of Same Origin Policy you can access iframe only from same domain (not sure if CORS would help to iframe).</span> – <a href="../../users/387194/jcubic" title="61,973 reputation" class="comment-user ">jcubic</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/58232644/access-elements-and-its-properties-from-iframe-document-to-parent-document#comment102839119_58232644"><span title="2019-10-04T08:36:57.437 License: CC BY-SA 4.0" class="relativetime-clean">Oct 04 '19 at 08:36</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-102839226" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="102839226" data-comment-owner-id="6488441" 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="comment102839226_58232644"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">@jcubic Yes, the iframe in same domain as your document.</span> – <a href="../../users/6488441/ganesh-aher" title="1,118 reputation" class="comment-user owner">Ganesh Aher</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/58232644/access-elements-and-its-properties-from-iframe-document-to-parent-document#comment102839226_58232644"><span title="2019-10-04T08:40:40.713 License: CC BY-SA 4.0" class="relativetime-clean">Oct 04 '19 at 08:40</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-102839236" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="102839236" data-comment-owner-id="1386703" 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="comment102839236_58232644"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">Possible duplicate of [How to access parent Iframe from JavaScript](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/935127/how-to-access-parent-iframe-from-javascript)</span> – <a href="../../users/1386703/skobaljic" title="9,379 reputation" class="comment-user ">skobaljic</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/58232644/access-elements-and-its-properties-from-iframe-document-to-parent-document#comment102839236_58232644"><span title="2019-10-04T08:41:11.033 License: CC BY-SA 4.0" class="relativetime-clean">Oct 04 '19 at 08:41</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-102841315" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="102841315" data-comment-owner-id="5459839" 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="comment102841315_58232644"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">Your title is misleading as it reads like you want to access the parent from within the iframe, but from the text it becomes clear it is the opposite.</span> – <a href="../../users/5459839/trincot" title="317,000 reputation" class="comment-user ">trincot</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/58232644/access-elements-and-its-properties-from-iframe-document-to-parent-document#comment102841315_58232644"><span title="2019-10-04T09:54:25.917 License: CC BY-SA 4.0" class="relativetime-clean">Oct 04 '19 at 09:54</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-102841390" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="102841390" data-comment-owner-id="6488441" 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="comment102841390_58232644"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">@trincot I just updated the title of the question</span> – <a href="../../users/6488441/ganesh-aher" title="1,118 reputation" class="comment-user owner">Ganesh Aher</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/58232644/access-elements-and-its-properties-from-iframe-document-to-parent-document#comment102841390_58232644"><span title="2019-10-04T09:56:38.357 License: CC BY-SA 4.0" class="relativetime-clean">Oct 04 '19 at 09:56</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">1 Answers<span style="display:none;" itemprop="answerCount">1</span></h2> </div> </div> </div> <a name="58252449"></a> <div id="answer-58252449" class="answer " data-answerid="58252449" data-ownerid="12121905" data-score="0" 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="58252449"> <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="0">0</div> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>First, add to your iframe an onload event, this onload will trigger a function that has two goals:</p> <ul> <li>send a message to the iframe to tell the content of that iframe that it has been loaded</li> <li>send page DOM to the iframe when requested</li> </ul> <p><strong>[parent file]</strong></p> <pre><code><iframe id="assessment" src="target.html" onload="check()"> ... </iframe> </code></pre> <p>and also we link the same action to the <code>window.onmessage</code> property, so that there will be a processing for each message received from the iframe.</p> <p><strong>[parent file]</strong></p> <pre><code>window.onmessage = function(event) { check(event); }; </code></pre> <p>and the function:</p> <p><strong>[parent file]</strong></p> <pre><code>function check(event) { if(!event || !event.data){ // if the iframe is loaded, then tell it so document.getElementById('assessment').contentWindow.postMessage('','*'); }else{ // if the Window received a message from the iframe, then send // the page dom to the iframe event.source.postMessage(document.body.innerHTML, event.origin); } } </code></pre> <p>And in the iframe, we will link <code>window.onmessage</code> to a function that has double goal:</p> <ul> <li>be confirmed that the iframe was loaded, so requests the data from parent</li> <li>receive dom from parent</li> </ul> <p><strong>[child file]</strong></p> <pre><code>window.onmessage = function(event) { if(!event.data){ // If the iframe was loaded, tell the parent to send // its dom window.parent.postMessage('get parent DOM',event.origin) }else{ // If the parent sent its DOM, process it var dom = $('<div></div>').append(event.data); console.log(dom.html()); ... } }; </code></pre></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 Oct 05 '19 at 21:24">answered Oct 05 '19 at 21:24</time> <a href="../../users/12121905/fawaz-ibrahim" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/12121905.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" 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