"I always get 'content' as null in the alert I've set up, as well
as in console.log(content)."
you have:
var content = $('#myIFrame').html();
no where in your HTML is an object with the ID "#myIFrame", hence you
get nothing/null
On Mar 4, 1:34 pm, "Rick Faircloth" <r...@whitestonemedia.com> wrote:
> Well, I have run my little test of this iFrame transfer code
> with every variation I can think of and it still doesn't work.
>
> I'm trying to append the text, "This is inside frame.html...",
> to the test of the p tag with id of 'iFrame-content'.
>
> It seems so simple, but...
>
> I always get 'content' as null in the alert I've set up, as well
> as in console.log(content).
>
> Can someone please point out the error?
>
> Here's the code.
>
> Thanks, Rick!
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> main.html
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> <html>
> <head>
>
> <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.2.6.min.js"></script>
>
> <script>
>
> function getContentFromIframe(iFrameName) {
> var content = $('#myIFrame').html();
> console.log(content);
> alert(content);
> $(#myiFrame-content).append(content);
>
> </script>
>
> </head>
>
> <body>
>
> <iframe id='iFrameName' name='iFrameName' src='frame.html'></iframe>
> <a href="#" onclick="getContentFromIframe()">Get the content</a>
> <p id="iFrame-content"></p>
>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> frame.html
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> <html>
> <head></head>
> <body>
> This is inside frame.html...
> </body>
> </html>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On
>
> Behalf Of ricardobeat
> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 11:24 AM
> To: jQuery (English)
> Subject: [jQuery] Re: How do I translate this in jQuery?
>
> Oh, never noticed that funcionality, that's nice. The 'myIframe' var is
> unnecessary though.
>
> cheers,
> - ricardo
>
> On Mar 3, 3:38 pm, "Matt W." <propel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > function getContentFromIframe(iFrameName) {
>
> > var myIFrame = $("#"+iFrameName);
>
> > var content = myIFrame.contents().find("body").html();
>
> > $('#myiFrame-content').append(content);
>
> > On Mar 3, 9:56 am, "Rick Faircloth" <r...@whitestonemedia.com> wrote:
>
> > > I've made various attempts at translating this into jQuery without
> success.
>
> > > I guess I'm just not sufficient enough in regular JS to make it work.
>
> > > It's working, but I'd like it to be written as much as possible in
> > > jQuery syntax.
>
> > > Would some please translatethe first three lines of this into jQuery for
> me?
>
> > > Thanks,
>
> > > Rick
>
> > > function getContentFromIframe(iFrameName) {
>
> > > var myIFrame = document.getElementById(iFrameName);
>
> > > var content =
> > > myIFrame.contentWindow.document.body(innerHTML);
>
> > > $('#myiFrame-content').append(content);
>
> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > --------
> > > ----------------------------------------------
>
> > > "My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results
> > > from too much government."
>
> > > - Thomas Jefferson
