Question

I have an HTML page that uses javascript / jquery to reload the contents of an iframe:

    $('#my-frame').attr("src","someotherpageinthesamedomain");

What I’d like to happen is to be able to manipulate the HTML of the iframe after it reloads. I tried this:

    $("#my-frame").load(dostuff());

But that does not wait for the reload — I’m guessing because the iframe is already loaded with its original content.

Answer 1

You have to pass the function, not call it:

$("#my-frame").load(dostuff);
//           no () here --^

Putting parenthesis after a function’s name calls the function immediately and, in your case, will pass the return value to .load() (which is ok, if the return value is a function, but I guess it is not).

And yes, you might have to set the handler before you change the src attribute.