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Asked: 2026-05-24T06:54:53+00:00

I’m not sure if this is even possible. I’ve got the following code; <a

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I’m not sure if this is even possible.

I’ve got the following code;

<a href="javascript:foo();"><iframe src="http://www.domain.com/content.html" width="200" height="50"></iframe></a>

Now, I would have assumed that would’ve hyper-linked the entire iFrame area, however it only hyperlinks the border.

Is it possible to hyperlink the entire iframe area?

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  1. Editorial Team

    no, that’s not valid. you can’t even reliably get a click event off of the element containing the iframe.

    e.g.,

    <!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript">         
            $(document).ready(function(){
                $('#bob').click(function(e){
                    alert('hi');
                });
            });
        </script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <div id="bob" style="padding:100px;background:red;"><iframe src="http://www.google.com"></iframe></div>
    </body>
</html>

    notice that if you click the iframe, no alert fires – but if you click anywhere else (in red), it will. if this were otherwise, there’d be abuse…

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