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Answer 1

+1 A:

Instead of using window.open(), why don't you just use:

document.getElementById("location").src = "http://www.google.com";

Now you can get its location using getElementById()

You can do that by accessing the location.href attribute. Of course, for security reasons, browsers won't let you access the iframe's DOM if it's another domain.

var oIframe = document.getElementById("location");
// for compatibility
var oDoc = oIframe.contentWindow || oIframe.contentDocument;
if (oDoc.document) {
oDoc = oDoc.document;
}
alert(oDoc.location.href);

quantumSoup 2010-06-29 05:29:47

I know about it, In question I also write if I set its src attribute then its works, But I want to know the way how to read the location when we use open method ?

Karandeep Singh 2010-06-29 05:38:05

I see. Refer to edit.

quantumSoup 2010-06-29 06:10:47

Answer 2

+1 A:

Same security issue if you access via the handle which should work in the same domain

<script>
var win;
function load(link) {
  win=window.open(link.href,link.target)
  return win?false:true;
}
function tell(winName) {  
  try {
    alert(win.location.href)
    try {
      var handle = window.open('',winName);
      alert(handle.location.href)
    }
    catch(e) {
      alert('oops getting location via window handle:'+e.message)
    }
  }
  catch(e) {
    alert('Ooops getting location:'+e.message)
  }
}  
</script>

<iframe src="about:blank" name="if1"></iframe><br/>
<a href="http://www.google.com" target="if1" onClick="return load(this)">Load foreign link</a><br />
<a href="showhref.html" target="if1" onClick="return load(this)">Load local link</a><br />
<a href="#" onClick="return tell('if1')">Tell</a><br />

mplungjan 2010-06-29 09:25:27

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