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Using anchor link in active window to get to a target link in iframe.

If I use a plain HTML in an active window only, I can easily whip out a HTML code to accomplish this task like this...

--snip--
<html>
<body>

<a href="#A">Letter "A" (Go From Letter "A')</a>




<a name="A">Letter "B" (To This Letter "B")</a>


</body>
</html>
--snip--

This is where the user can easily jump from the top to somewhere in the middle just like that. I'm now working on a project that would require the use of JavaScript which isn't a difficult thing to do but using this feature from above with a Letter "A" link in a main window (or a pop-up window) to jump to a Letter "B" inside of the iframe window, (even if the article in the iframe is long with a similiar effect as the one from above). I pretty much stumped on this one because I don't know what to look for to use a handle like this in JavaScript and in iframe.

Thanks,
Scott Fletcher

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fletchsod

ASKER

That does help. From the look of the example posted by Codescripter. It does work and it doesn't look too difficult, the bottom half work very nicely for a main window. Was able to use the top half example and tweak it to work with the popup window and it does work. (Just convert it from PHP to HTML/JavaScript...) So, giving points to Codescripter right after this post.

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<script type='text/javascript'>
parent.window.opener.document.getElementById('DivBillInfoIframe').innerHTML = 'One moment while Iframe is refreshing itself!!';
opener.parent.frames['BillingInfo_IFrame'].location.reload();
opener.parent.frames['BillingInfo_IFrame'].location.href='https://www.domain.com/billing_info_iframe.php#RowNum5';
</script>

<!- Iframe Window -->
<a href="#" name="RowNum5">Test</a>

fletchsod

ASKER

Thanks for your help!!!

Scott F.

Codescripter

Thanks for the points, fletchsod.
From the look of your example code, you seem to know what you're doing. =)

~Codescripter

fletchsod

ASKER

Been doing HTML, JavaScript and PHP for 4 years at my job. :-) Just came upon this situation and wasn't sure how to handle the link anchor. Have been doing a lot of writing for popup window and iframes in the last 6 months, so they come in handy. Cheers.

Scott F.