Open new window from an iframe link

[LizF]

Hi,

I have an iframe with a site from a different domain. The iframe src contains links that I would like to open in a new window when clicked. Unfortunately, I can't get the target.href of the links. I think this should be possible since right-clicking the link and selecting open in a new window works. How can I make a regular left-click mimic the behavior of a right click->open in new window?

I can intercept the click using the iframe's onfocus property but I can't get the href of the link.

Here's a snippet of my iframe:

<iframe id="gadgetFrame" onfocus="bringLink(gadgetFrame)"  ...
 

And here's the function that I have so far. The target.href comes back as being undefined.

function bringLink(id) {
    if (event == null)
        event = window.event;
    var target = event.target != null ? event.target : event.srcElement;
    alert(target.href);
    //open(target.href);
}
 

If anyone has any ideas, I would really appreciate it!
Thanks,
LizF

[acoder]

In bringLink, you'll need to have the event as an argument for non-IE browsers.

The event is a focus on the iframe. How can you be sure it will be a link and have an href?