Encountering a JavaScript error occurring within an iframe interface

Question

Encountering a JavaScript error occurring within an iframe interface

Let's discuss the current scenario:

A webpage (iframe.html) contains an iframe that loads another page (iframe-content.html).
There is a possibility of a JavaScript error occurring when iframe-content.html is loaded within the iframe.
The goal is to make sure that this exception is visible to the browser (for instance, displayed in the Firefox error console or Firebug).

This is what I have observed:

When iframe.html is initially loaded and it loads iframe-content.html with src="iframe-content.html", the JavaScript exception displays in Firebug.
However, if the page is loaded using JavaScript (
```
document.getElementById('iframe').src = 'iframe-content.html'
```
), the exception is not shown.

You can test this by visiting:

on Firefox.
Upon loading, you will see the exception as iframe-content.html is being loaded.
Click on the button: it will reload the content of the iframe, but this time the exception won't be visible in Firebug.

Is there a way at #3 to display the exception instead of it being ignored silently? (Note that wrapping the code that sets the src in a try/catch may not work as this code returns immediately before the page is fully loaded in the iframe.)

javascript firefox iframe

Answer 1

Answer №1

It appears that the second time your iframe page is not fully loaded, possibly due to caching issues. However, I have discovered a workaround for this intriguing problem.

function setContent() {
    try {
        console.log("Loading iframe content");
        document.getElementById('iframe').src = 'iframe-content.html?foo=bar';
    } catch (e) {
        console.log("Caught", e);
    }
    console.log("Done loading");
}

Using this method should trigger the error to appear.

To bypass the cache and prompt the error display, I essentially tricked the browser into thinking it was loading a new page by altering parameters in the URL.

'iframe-content.html?foo=bar';

You can enhance this technique by substituting the "bar" string with a dynamic timestamp. While this may prevent caching, it will also induce the desired error to manifest consistently.

Answer 2

It appears that the second time your iframe page is not fully loaded, possibly due to caching issues. However, I have discovered a workaround for this intriguing problem.

function setContent() {
    try {
        console.log("Loading iframe content");
        document.getElementById('iframe').src = 'iframe-content.html?foo=bar';
    } catch (e) {
        console.log("Caught", e);
    }
    console.log("Done loading");
}

Using this method should trigger the error to appear.

To bypass the cache and prompt the error display, I essentially tricked the browser into thinking it was loading a new page by altering parameters in the URL.

'iframe-content.html?foo=bar';

You can enhance this technique by substituting the "bar" string with a dynamic timestamp. While this may prevent caching, it will also induce the desired error to manifest consistently.

Encountering a JavaScript error occurring within an iframe interface

Answer №1

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