Detexting if IFRAMEs enabled

[Giggle Girl]

Is there a way to use Javascript to detect if a browser supports
IFrames, or (if it DOES support them) that IFrame use is enabled?

Thanks,
Ann

[Stephen Chalmers]

Giggle Girl wrote:

Is there a way to use Javascript to detect if a browser supports
IFrames, or (if it DOES support them) that IFrame use is enabled?

Thanks,
Ann

I can't guarantee this universally, but you could try something like:

<iframe src='mypage.htm '>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var ifSupport=false ;
</script>
</iframe>

<script type='text/javascript'>
// must be placed below iframe tags or
// called as onload code.

if( typeof ifSupport != 'undefined' )
// iframes supported
else
// alert or redirect etc

</script>

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S.C.

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Stephen Chalmers wrote:

Giggle Girl wrote:

Is there a way to use Javascript to detect if a browser supports
IFrames, or (if it DOES support them) that IFrame use is enabled?
[...]

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I can't guarantee this universally, but you could try something like:

<iframe src='mypage.htm '>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var ifSupport=false ;
</script>
</iframe>

<script type='text/javascript'>
// must be placed below iframe tags or
// called as onload code.

if( typeof ifSupport != 'undefined' )
// iframes supported
else
// alert or redirect etc

</script>
That is essentially the same as

<iframe src='mypage.htm '>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var ifSupport=false ;
// iframes supported
</script>
</iframe>

<script type='text/javascript'>
// iframes not supported
if (typeof ifSupport == 'undefined')
{
// alert or redirect etc
}
</script>

Yet it will still not work without client-side script support.
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PointedEars

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Giggle Girl wrote:

Is there a way to use Javascript to detect if a browser supports
IFrames, or (if it DOES support them) that IFrame use is enabled?

As Stephen wrote: yes, there is. But not considering that
client-side script support may not be present, why would you
need to?

<iframe src='mypage.htm ' ...>
alternative content
</iframe>

works fine. Everywhere, anytime.
PointedEars