[Javascript] Event object in an iFrame
Peter-Paul Koch
gassinaumasis at hotmail.com
Mon Jun 7 06:41:29 CDT 2004
>I have an .aspx page which displays, top and left navigation. This page
>also contains an iFrame which holds the main content. I am using the
>onkeypress and onkeydown events to allow keyboard navigation. The handlers
>for these events in parent frame.
>
>The only way I can get access is to the event object is to pass the event
>to the parent frame's hanler (shown below). My question is, is there
>another way to get a hold of this event object??
No. The iframe and its parent page are distinct pages, so you have to use
cross-frame scripting (as you do) to pass anything from one page to the
other. The pages don't share events.
What you're doing now is the best solution.
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