How to access frame (not iframe) contents from jQuery.
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Hello
I have 2 frames in one page like this (home.html)
<frameset rows="50%, 50%">
<frame id="treeContent" src="treeContent.html" />
<frame id="treeStatus" src="treeStatus.html" />
</frameset>
and then in one frame (treeStatus.html) I have something like
<body style="margin: 0px">
<div id="statusText">Status bar for Tree</div>
</body>
I want from the top window to manipulate the div located in the child frame via jquery (e.g show and hide).
I have seen several questions like this and they suggest the following
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#treeStatus').contents().find("statusText").hide();
});
I do not know if this works with iframes but in my case where I have simple frames it does not seem to work. The code is placed inside home.html
Here is some output from firebug console
>>> $('#treeStatus')
[frame#treeStatus]
>>> $('#treeStatus').contents()
[]
>>> $('#treeStatus').children()
[]
So how do I access frame elements from the top frame? Am I missing something here?
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