Copy text from iframe contain webpage.

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Hi,
I have a Iframe and a textbox within my webpage. Iframe contain a link of webpage (like: http://www.codeproject.com/). I would like to copy some text from the iframe content to textbox on it's "mouseover" even.

I have tried using the following code -

C#

function getIframeSelectionTextSource(tex) {

           var win = document.getElementById("frame").contentWindow ;

           var doc = win.document;
           if (win.getSelection) {
               if (win.getSelection().toString()!='') {
                   $("#" + tex.id).val(win.getSelection().toString());
                   return win.getSelection().toString().trim();
               }
           }
           else if (doc.selection && doc.selection.createRange) {
               $("#" + tex.id).val(doc.selection.createRange().text);
               return doc.selection.createRange().text.trim();
           }
       }

but when I am trying to var win = document.getElementById("frame").contentWindow ; it said "Access denied".

Please help. Thanks in advance.

Posted 12-Aug-15 0:51am

Member 11207632

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Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ) 12-Aug-15 7:11am

Does that iframe belong to different domain?

Member 11207632 13-Aug-15 4:13am

Yes. It content website links like www.codeproject.com or www.google.com

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ) 13-Aug-15 6:28am

You can't.

Sanket Saxena 12-Aug-15 7:21am

Seems your iframe belongs to other domain which is by default prohibited because browsers use same origin policy.

Member 11207632 13-Aug-15 4:13am

Yes. It content website links like www.codeproject.com or www.google.com

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Sanket Saxena · Answer 1 · 2015-08-12T01:27:00

Solution 1

If your iframe not belongs to other domain then you can get the elments of that iframe something like:

JavaScript

$('#'+ "your iframe id").contents().find('#'+"your element id");

Hope it helps :)

Posted 12-Aug-15 1:27am

Sanket Saxena

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Member 11207632 13-Aug-15 4:14am

$('#'+ "your iframe id").contents() it returns blank.

Sanket Saxena 13-Aug-15 4:33am

Yes it should be as you have commented that its from different domain.