Access iframe elements in JavaScript

Question

I have a webpage where there is a textarea within an iframe. I need to read the value of this textarea from its child page using JavaScript.

Presently by using window.parent.getelementbyID().value in the JavaScript, I am able to fetch values of all controls in the parent page except the textarea within the iframe.

Can anyone please give me any pointers to resolve this issue?

Answer 1

If your iframe is in the same domain as your parent page you can access the elements using window.frames collection.

// replace myIFrame with your iFrame id
// replace myIFrameElemId with your iFrame's element id
// you can work on window.frames['myIFrame'].document like you are working on
// normal document object in JS
window.frames['myIFrame'].document.getElementById('myIFrameElemId')

If your iframe is not in the same domain the browser should prevent such access for security reasons.