jQuery.error() is not working for iframe.

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I'm trying to use jquery to detect whether an iframe fails to load or the page doesn't exist, but the code below isn't working:

$('#frame').error(function(){
    //code here
});

Which piece of documentation led you to believe that this should work? — Lightness Races in Orbit, Jul 29 '11 at 02:01
I just guessed, since it worked for img tags. Sadly, I'm restricted to not using php, so I'm kinda at a bottleneck right now — Kevin Pei, Jul 29 '11 at 02:02
@TomalakGeret'kal The part where its supposed to work for elements and iframe is an element — Kristopher Ives, Dec 10 '11 at 22:57

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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One of the comments on the documentation says:

Using .error() on an iframe never seems to trigger (even though .load() will trigger on a successful iframe load).

This event does not appear to be designed to work in this use case.

The answers to this question explain how to do it.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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answered Jul 29 '11 at 02:03

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 29 '11 at 02:04

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iframe do not trigger onerror event even if it fails to load the document. I think load will be triggered even in this case and you can check for the status code to determine if the page is loaded successfully or no.

answered Jul 29 '11 at 02:04

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jQuery.error() is not working for iframe.

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