access outside element from within iframe

[fkater]

Hi,

inside an iframe (!) I've got links with "onmouseover=" calling
javascript functions. In these functions, how do I access elements from
the main window? Something like

document.getElementById("xyz")

would of course search inside the iframe only -- however "xyz" is the
Id of the body of the main window, so it is outside of the iframe. I
tried

window.document.getElementById("xyz")

but that does not work (always returnes NULL).

Thank You
Felix

 

[David Dorward]

inside an iframe

Eugh. http://allmyfaqs.net/faq.pl?Problems_with_using_frames

In these functions, how do I access elements from the main window?

http://jibbering.com/faq/#FAQ4_8

 

[fkater]

Thanks for the links. However, I was talking about iframes, not frames.
Since iframes are not set inside a frameset things seem to be slightly
different.

FYI: I've not found a way to access functions of the main window from
inside the javascirpt code of the iframe. However, it is possible to
call the main window's javascript functions with something like
onmouseover="javascriptarent.myfunction();" from inside the iframe
html code.

 

[David Dorward]

Thanks for the links.

Are you responding to something?
http://www.safalra.com/special/googlegroupsreply/

However, I was talking about iframes, not frames.

Iframes are frames.

Since iframes are not set inside a frameset things seem to be slightly
different.

AFAIK, only in that going up one frame takes you to a more normal document.