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Go to anchor in parent frame when iframe contents change

Sorry, this should be a simple one but I have brain fog.

I have an iframe which contains a list (which may be long) and links to a specification page from that list. (I have no coding access to these pages)

When someone moves from the list to the specification page I just want to move to a named anchor at the top of the parent page (otherwise the middle of the page may be displayed and the user will have to scroll to see top of the specification) .... sounds easy!

DennisParaguay

Make your links look like this:

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<A HREF="url_of_the_other_website" onClick="parent.location.href = 'url_of_the_parent_website#name_of_the_anchor';">Linktext</A>
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I hope I could help you!

-Dennis

bigoldbird

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I wish it were that easy Dennis ... I have no coding access at all to the page in the iframe, so can't do anything with the links.

bigoldbird

ASKER

This is obviously more tricky than I thought!!!

DennisParaguay

Hi Big Old Bird!

Put this in the header of your parent page:

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<script>
function goToAnchor(site)
{
var anchor;
if (site == 'url_of_the_1st_site') anchor = 'name_of_the_1st_anchor';
if (site == 'url_of_the_2nd_site') anchor = 'name_of_the_2nd_anchor';
self.location.href = ('#' + anchor);
}
</script>
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and make your IFRAME tag look like this:

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<iframe name="iframe" src="url_of_the_iframe_page" onLoad="goToAnchor(document.iframe.document.location);">
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I hope this may help!

-Dennis

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