contentWindow property (Internet Explorer)

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contentWindow property

[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]

Retrieves the window object of the specified frame or iframe.

Syntax

JavaScript

p = object.contentWindow

Property values

Type: Object

the window object.

Remarks

This property is useful if you do not know the id of the frame or iframe you are accessing through a collection.

Examples

The following example shows how to use the contentWindow property to change the URL of window objects contained inside several iframe objects.

Code example: http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/dhtml/refs/contentWindowEX1.htm



<html>
<head>
<SCRIPT>
function fnNavigate()
{
    for(i=0;i<document.all.length;i++)
    {
        if(document.all(i).tagName=="IFRAME")
        {
            document.all(i).contentWindow.location = "http://www.msn.com";
        }
    }	
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<BUTTON onclick="fnNavigate();">Navigate Frames</BUTTON>
<P/>
<IFRAME SRC="http://www.microsoft.com" STYLE="width:100%;height:150px;">
</IFRAME>
<P/>
<IFRAME SRC="http://www.microsoft.com" STYLE="width:100%;height:150px;">
</IFRAME>
<P/>
<IFRAME SRC="http://www.microsoft.com" STYLE="width:100%;height:150px;"/>
</IFRAME>
</BODY>
</HTML>	


See also

frame
iframe
frameElement

 

 

Build date: 3/8/2012