How do I get <TITLE> from frame?

D

D. Alvarado

Hello,
I am trying to find the <TITLE> element of my document. Normally

alert(document.title);

works just fine, but when this statement is within a page that is a
frame in a larger document, the above call always returns the title of
the parent (container) page. Is it possible through JS to deduce the
<TITLE> element of the current page, even if that page is a frame?

Much thanks - Dave
 
M

Mick White

D. Alvarado said:
Hello,
I am trying to find the <TITLE> element of my document. Normally

alert(document.title);

works just fine, but when this statement is within a page that is a
frame in a larger document, the above call always returns the title of
the parent (container) page. Is it possible through JS to deduce the
<TITLE> element of the current page, even if that page is a frame?

Much thanks - Dave
Click to expand...

alert(top.document.title);

Mick
 
D

D. Alvarado

Thanks for the reply, but I think I misphrased my question. If my
"top" document is:

<html>
<head><title>Top</title></head>
<body>
<table>
<tr><td><iframe width="200" height="300" src="frame.htm"
name="n"></iframe></td></tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

and my frame, "frame.htm" is:

<html>
<head><title>Frame</title></head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
alert(document.title);
</script>
</body>
</html>

I want the alert to say "Frame" not "Top," which is what displays with
the current text or even if I include the suggestion
"alert(top.document.title)". Again, much thanks if someone can crack
this enigmatic problem. -
 
I

Ivo

D. Alvarado said:
Thanks for the reply, but I think I misphrased my question. If my
"top" document is:

<html>
<head><title>Top</title></head>
<body>
<table>
<tr><td><iframe width="200" height="300" src="frame.htm"
name="n"></iframe></td></tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

and my frame, "frame.htm" is:

<html>
<head><title>Frame</title></head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
alert(document.title);
</script>
</body>
</html>

I want the alert to say "Frame" not "Top," which is what displays with
the current text or even if I include the suggestion
"alert(top.document.title)". Again, much thanks if someone can crack
this enigmatic problem. -
Click to expand...

Weird, which browser are you using? I get the correct titles when trying
this in IE6/WinME: different results for alert(document.title) and
alert(top.document.title). Both can even be changed dynamically (although
there is litle point in doing that with the framed document). Strange is,
however, that the actual text displayed in the titlebar is not always
updated, when trying forexample, to make top.document.title=document.title,
and then there is no way to confirm if it worked as the top.document.title
string will reflect the new value.
Ivo
 

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