Back button in an iframe (widget for an iGoogle-like portal)

Question

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to create a widget (which is basically an iframe) that would have its own back and forward buttons. That is, when I hit the widget back-button, only the iframe goes back, not the entire widget container (the iGoogle-like portal)

I added the following links:

<a class="button" href="#" onclick="history.back();return false;">

It works when I load my widget as a regular webpage, but not when it is used from within the iframe.

I googled a little bit to find this post:

http://www.bennadel.com/blog/1592-Getting-IFRAME-Window-And-Then-Document-References-With-contentWindow.htm

Maybe there is something to do with that contentWindow attribute, but so far nothing. The issue is that I can't get the name of the frame that is used by the portal (which is random anyway)

I feel like I'm missing something... any hints?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Try this:

<a class="button" href="#" onclick="parent.history.back();return false;">

Answer 2

Since your widget and the page are hosted under different domains for sequre reasons you won't get access from iframe to the parent page by scripts.