Executing Javascript in a frameset

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<frameset name="main">
 <frame src="leftnav.php" name="leftframe"/>
 <frame  src="dashboard.php" name="rightframe" bgcolor="#000000"/>
</frameset>

Hey. I want to execute some JavaScript in the rightframe and that should then affect in the left frame.

I guess the question is... what do I need to prefix my javascript with so it is accessible in the left frame?

But sometime we need to fix or modify old stuffs without rewrite the page. — pinichi
– pinichi, Commented Dec 29, 2010 at 9:05
Precisely. Sometimes it is cheaper to not replace the templating system on a 2000 file PHP app... — ComputerUser
– ComputerUser, Commented Jan 3, 2011 at 11:29

user536158 · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-29 09:02:23Z

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If you are in a page wich is in the right frame and you want to access an element in a page in the left frame you can use for example:

var table=parent.leftframe.document.getElementById("information");

answered Dec 29, 2010 at 9:02

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pinichi · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-29 08:59:49Z

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You can: parent.leftframe.var_name and parent.leftframe.function_name()

answered Dec 29, 2010 at 8:59

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CODE-REaD · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-13 14:46:01Z

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In a comment to the original question (above), @Valentin mentions that frames are "bad," but does not explain further. Here are some references that do:

https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/q/144515/290869

Frames deprecated in HTML5 but not iFrames

Why are frames deprecated in html?

answered Dec 13, 2017 at 14:46

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beshkenadze · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-29 09:04:26Z

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index.html:

...
<script type="text/javascript">
    function hello () {
        alert('Say hello!');
    }
</script>
<frameset name="main">
 <frame src="frame1.html" name="leftframe"/>
</frameset>
...

frame1.html

...
<script type="text/javascript">
    parent.hello(); // OR parent.YOU_FRAME_NAME
</script>
...

answered Dec 29, 2010 at 9:04

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