Aquileo | HTML | DOM Window frameElement Properties

HTML DOM Window frameElement property returns the iframe element in which the window is embedded or stored. If it is not stored, in that case, it simply returns a null value.

Syntax:

window.frameElement

Return Value: It returns an IFrame object or null.

Example:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>
        HTML | DOM Window frameElement Properties
    </title>

</head>

<body>

    <p>
      click on the button. IF the window is in
      iframe then it will change its URL to 
      geekforgeeks official website.
    </p>

    <button onclick="myFunction()">
        Click!
    </button>

    <script>
        function myFunction() {
            var iframe = window.frameElement;
            //  IF WINDOW IS NOT EMBEDDED 
            //  THEN IFRAME WILL HAVE A NULL VALUE.

            if (iframe) {
                iframe.src = 
            "https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/
            }
        }
    </script>

</body>

</html>

Output: Before clicking:

After clicking:

Supported Browser: The browser supported by DOM Window frameElement Properties are listed below:

Google Chrome 1.0 and above
Edge 12 and above
Internet Explorer 5.5 and above
FireFox 1.0 and above
Opera 12.1 and above
Safari 3.0 and above

HTML | DOM Window frameElement Properties

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