Iframes

rapmonkey

I have a message editor that uses an IFRAME. How can I make it so that a user filles out a form (enters text into the IFRAME), clicks a submit button and the contents of the IFRAME get sent with the form? Thanks. 😃

Weedpacket

Originally posted by rapmonkey
I have a message editor that uses an IFRAME. How can I make it so that a user filles out a form (enters text into the IFRAME), clicks a submit button and the contents of the IFRAME get sent with the form? Thanks. 😃

This is a client-side issue, not a server-side one. What you'll need to do is add some Javascript to the onSubmit event handler. It would (a) locate the iframe in the browser's document model, (b) find the text area in the iframe (you have got it in a form element? Or given it an id attribute?), (c) copy the value of that text area into a hidden element in the form you're submitting, (d) submit the form.

Why is it in an iframe in the first place?

rapmonkey

Originally posted by Weedpacket
This is a client-side issue, not a server-side one. What you'll need to do is add some Javascript to the onSubmit event handler. It would (a) locate the iframe in the browser's document model, (b) find the text area in the iframe (you have got it in a form element? Or given it an id attribute?), (c) copy the value of that text area into a hidden element in the form you're submitting, (d) submit the form.

Why is it in an iframe in the first place?

The IFRAME has an id element, but how would I do what you described above? And it needs to be an IFRAME because the message editor uses the IFRAME to become a WYSIWYG editor.

Weedpacket

I don't recall what the corresponding Javascript code for Netscape 4 would be (in fact I don't recall if Netscape 4 even did iframes), but anything reasonably current to have half a grasp of the DOM would have document.getElementById(). Not hot on the details because I don't do much client-side programming. I know where appropriate references are though:
http://devedge.netscape.com/library/manuals/
http://www.mozilla.org/docs/dom/domref/

vaska

no...netscape 4 and iframes is like drunk driving in a shopping mall...don't even bother...

vaska

rapmonkey

I'm still in confusion about this...Lost actually. I don't know javascript programming. Does anybody know exactly what needs to be done?

sarahk

have you seen this article?

http://www.weberdev.com/get_example.php3?count=3694

rapmonkey

I just read that but I'm still confused on what to do... 🙁

sarahk

I guess then your first job is to get comfortable with the concepts being used. Muck about and learn what's needed.

rapmonkey

So nobody else knows how to submit an IFRAME's contents with a form?

sarahk

I think you will find that people do know but consider that the advice given is a good starting point.

You might also like to have a look at http://property.digitalrice.com/muck/example.html

Maybe you could post links to some of your "work in progress" or learning examples and discuss why each are less that satisfactory and we can go from there.

ruckus

rapmonkey I'am with you buddy, this is driving me crazy. Did you find a solution?

ruckus

sarahk, get real, if you don't know the awnser just say so or keep quiet , your link by the way is dead (probably not your fault)!

rapmonkey

I had to use an alternate solution. But please note this thread is 5 months old. 😉

ruckus

rapmonkey

I know, but just hopeing. What was your alternate solution?
By the way cool site.....