Can't get value of designMode IFRAME

Question

I can't retrieve the contents of an iframe, when designmode = 'on'. Here is my code:

val = $("#frame").val();

I've tried everything, and nothing works, help?

Answer 1

Call .contents().find('body').html().

Answer 2

var iframe = $("#frame")[0];
var iframeDoc = iframe.contentDocument || iframe.contentWindow.document;
var val = iframeDoc.body.innerHTML;