iframe - submit form and open a new page

Dario Zuffi · Oct 29, 2004

Hello,

I have a form embedded in a webpage with iframe.
When I submit that form I get the result in the same iframe.

But...
I want to submit that form and display the result with "target=top" (a
full page with the result). How can I do that?

Thanks a lot for your help!

Dario

rf · Oct 29, 2004

Dario Zuffi wrote

Hello,
G'day.

I have a form embedded in a webpage with iframe.

Oh dear.

When I submit that form I get the result in the same iframe.

But...
I want to submit that form and display the result with "target=top" (a
full page with the result). How can I do that?

You would use target="_top".

Karl Core · Oct 29, 2004

Dario Zuffi said:
Hello,

I have a form embedded in a webpage with iframe.
When I submit that form I get the result in the same iframe.

But...
I want to submit that form and display the result with "target=top" (a
full page with the result). How can I do that?

Thanks a lot for your help!

Dario

If you had gone and reviewed the HTML spec from the W3C, you'd know that
'target' is a valid attribute for HTML 4.01
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/index/attributes.html

-Karl

rf · Oct 29, 2004

If you had gone and reviewed the HTML spec from the W3C, you'd know that
'target' is a valid attribute for HTML 4.01

This is very true. taget *is* a valid attribute. For transitional that is.

Steve Pugh · Oct 29, 2004

I have a form embedded in a webpage with iframe.
When I submit that form I get the result in the same iframe.

But...
I want to submit that form and display the result with "target=top" (a
full page with the result). How can I do that?

<form action="foo" target="_top">

Note that target="top" creates a new window called top, whilst
target="_top" uses the full existing window, replacing all framesets.

I believe that some browsers have problems with target and iframes so
check carefully in a range of browsers. Personally I would never put
anything important (like a form) in an iframe.

Steve

Mark Parnell · Oct 29, 2004

This is very true. taget *is* a valid attribute. For transitional that is.

And <spit type="disdainful">frameset</spit>.

Neal · Oct 29, 2004

This is very true. taget *is* a valid attribute. For transitional that
is.

You forgot the r. R stands for 'rum and coke'...

Neal · Oct 29, 2004

And <spit type="disdainful">frameset</spit>.

All transitional - and strict - markup is valid in frameset.

Then again, playing runmmy and cross-stitching are allowed in prison. Go
figure.

rf · Oct 29, 2004

Neal did slutter:

You forgot the r. R stands for 'rum and coke'...

Er, that'd be rum&coke but you are learning m'boy

How did the martini party end up? Lois come?

rf · Oct 29, 2004

Neal misquoted:

All transitional - and strict - markup is valid in frameset.

Er, no. The only things allowed in frameset are frame related things.

Hint: validate your favourite non-frame page to frameset. You will find that
the <body> element is invalid

Mark Parnell · Oct 29, 2004

Er, no. The only things allowed in frameset are frame related things.

I was talking about the frameset DTD, not the <frameset> element. and
since Neal was replying to me, I assume he was too.

Mark Parnell · Oct 29, 2004

How did the martini party end up? Lois come?

Neal's girlfriend is back, remember? Lois was a couple of days too late.

Neal · Oct 29, 2004

Neal misquoted:

Er, no. The only things allowed in frameset are frame related things.

Hint: validate your favourite non-frame page to frameset. You will find
that
the <body> element is invalid

See http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html#h-7.2 :

"The HTML 4.01 Frameset DTD includes everything in the transitional DTD
plus frames as well."

Neal · Oct 29, 2004

Neal did slutter:

Er, that'd be rum&coke but you are learning m'boy

All the same after a few.

How did the martini party end up? Lois come?

Can only wish. But I'm a reluctant dog. And my girl's got amazing...
attributes...

Let's just say pixels are not an appropriate measurement...

rf · Oct 29, 2004

Neal parried:

See http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html#h-7.2 :

"The HTML 4.01 Frameset DTD includes everything in the transitional DTD
plus frames as well."

Yeah well either the documentation is <horror> wrong </horror> or somebody
should tell them that their validator is broken.

Given the cloudy and sometimes misleading nature of the documentation I
would prefer to believe the validator, although that too has its problems.

I wonder what the other validators (non w3c) think? I *know* what the dtd
says: no <body> element. It has been replaced by the <frameset> element.
View the dtd here:
view-source:http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/frameset.dtd
Then again even the comments in there are a bit suss

For your enjoyment validate
http://users.bigpond.net.au/rf/tab.html
result:
<http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://users.bigpond.net.au/rf/
tab.html>
Validates to strict.

Now validate
http://users.bigpond.net.au/rf/tabframeset.html
result:
<http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://users.bigpond.net.au/rf/
tabframeset.html>
Objects to the <body> element.

View source and <grin>verify</grin> that the only thing that is different is
the doctype, specifying the strict or the frameset.dtd.

rf · Oct 29, 2004

Mark Parnell

I was talking about the frameset DTD, not the <frameset> element. and
since Neal was replying to me, I assume he was too.

I too am talking about the frameset DTD. See my reply to Neal. The frameset
DTD does *not* validate a <body> element in the document.

rf · Oct 29, 2004

Neal

Can only wish. But I'm a reluctant dog. And my girl's got amazing...
attributes...

Let's just say pixels are not an appropriate measurement...

Points?

Neal · Oct 29, 2004

Neal

Points?

shape="hourglass"

Steve Pugh · Oct 29, 2004

Mark Parnell

I too am talking about the frameset DTD. See my reply to Neal. The
frameset
DTD does *not* validate a <body> element in the document.

Yes it does. It just needs to be inside a <noframes> element which in turn
needs to be inside a <frameset> element.

Apart from the addition of the frame related elements and slight change to
the content models to accomodate them the Frameset DTD is identical to the
Transitional DTD. So (with the body correctly nested as outlined above)
anything valid in Transitional is valid in Frameset. So the target
attribute is valid in Frameset - though rather useless for the obvious
reasons.

Steve

rf · Oct 29, 2004

Steve said:
Yes it does. It just needs to be inside a <noframes> element which in turn
needs to be inside a <frameset> element.

Damn. A good point.

I overlooked this as I have never actually coded a <noframes> element.

I probably need to stand corrected :-(

Oh well, shit happens.

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