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why does this iframe src not display in Firefox

I'm not sure what's going on here. The first html code block is a basic test page containing the iframe, the second code block is the src for the iframe. Not sure why the iframe is empty in Firefox. It is displaying in IE8.

If it matters, these files are both local files not on a server of any kind.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
	"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
	
	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
	<title>Upload Test</title>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.js"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.1/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript">/*<![CDATA[*/ 
		$(document).ready(function(){
			
		});
	/*]]>*/</script>
</head>
<body>
	
	<iframe src="ajax_upload_form.html" id="test" />
	
</body>
</html>




<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
	"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
	<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
	
	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
	<title>Upload Test</title>
</head>
<body>

<form method="post" action="ajax_upload_form.html">
	<input type="submit" value="Go" />
</form>
	
	<p>I am here, what is going on exactly?</p>
</body>
</html>

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Chris Stanyon

Works fine for me in Firefox (3.6.10)

dirknibleck

ASKER

Weird, I am also using 3.6.10 (on Windows). No go for me though. It just displays the border of the frame and no contents. Firebug shows the contents of the iFrame as an empty <html><body></body></html> skeleton...

Chris Stanyon

I've tried several things and I can't get it to break :(

Not sure I can really help you here. Sorry.

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dirknibleck

ASKER

Good suggestion. No luck though. No error message is displayed.

When I have the src correct, if I view page source I can click on the src link and it successfully brings up the source for the correct file...

dirknibleck

ASKER

Well, strangely enough, I disable Firebug, refreshed the page and it worked. Then I reactivated Firebug and it still works. Makes no sense...

dirknibleck

ASKER

For your help