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contentWindow

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The contentWindow property returns the window object for the iframe.

Syntax

iframeWindow = iframeElement.contentWindow
 

Parameters

iframeWindow is an object reference to the window object for this iframe.

Example

i = document.getElementById("iframe"); i.contentWindow.location = "http://mozilla.org"; i.contentWindow.history.back();

Notes

You can also get to the window object through a named iframe. For example, an iframe with the name="myFrame" can refer back to the window object as window.frames["myFrame"].

Specification

None.