How to auto scroll down an iframe 100px every 5 secs?

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I would like to know how can I scroll down an iframe 100px every 5 secs using maybe javascript. I know that there is a window.scrollTo(x,y); but how does this change to an iframe?

The iframe is an external page.
Any possibility of software to download that does this thing?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 28 '11 at 07:52

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This isn't possible if you do not have control of the external page's code. browsers prevent this type of thing for security reasons. Its considered cross-domain scripting.

answered Nov 28 '11 at 07:52

Justin808

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myJavascript · Answer 2 · 2015-07-01T00:43:54.433

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Is there an updated version to this method? Not finding it to actually control the content within the http://time.com">

not showing. Thats rather puzzling. So typing iframe inside an iframe makes it go invisible..

edited Jul 01 '15 at 00:43

answered Jul 01 '15 at 00:20

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:23

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You can use setInterval to do the scrolling every 5 seconds. the scrolling itsself can be done with this.

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answered Nov 28 '11 at 07:56

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 28 '11 at 08:03

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Its very easy using a jquery,

Lets say the id of your iframe is testframe then the code for it would be

$("#testframe").scrollTop(400).scrollLeft(400);

Now just wrap it inside an interval and put it inside.

var tick=1;
function scrolldown(tick) {
    $("#testframe").scrollTop(tick*100);
}
self.setInterval("scrolldown("+(tick+1)+")",5000);

_{Note: Just a typo}

answered Nov 28 '11 at 08:03

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This answer is still a bit unclear to me. Can you post a working example of this (e. g., on http://jsfiddle.net/)? – Anderson Green Jun 11 '13 at 05:48

score -1 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 28 '11 at 07:58

If you are building a desktop application (Windows, Linux, not quite sure), I would suggest you to find a component that is the java equivalent of the C# web browser control.

Since this control is loaded in a desktop applicaiton, you have full control over the browser loaded document (e.g. you can manipulate it, without being in a cross domain context).

How to auto scroll down an iframe 100px every 5 secs?

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