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Asked: 2026-05-12T15:23:49+00:00

<html> <script type=text/javascript> function func() { alert(document.getElementById(‘iView’).contentDocument); } </script> <body> <iframe id=iView style=width:200px;height:200px;></iframe> <a

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<html>
   <script type="text/javascript">
      function func() {
         alert(document.getElementById('iView').contentDocument);
      }    
   </script>
   <body>
      <iframe id="iView" style="width:200px;height:200px;"></iframe>
      <a href="#" onclick="func();">click</a>
   </body>
</html>

After click, Firefox returns [object HTMLDocument]. Internet Explorer returns undefined.

How can I select the iView element with Internet Explorer? Thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    From this page:

    Mozilla supports the W3C standard of accessing iframe’s document object through IFrameElm.contentDocument, while Internet Explorer requires you to access it through document.frames[“name”] and then access the resulting document.

    So you need to detect the browser and on IE do something like this instead:

    document.frames['iView'].document;
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