How do you scroll an iframe from within using jquery?

Question

I'm using a shadowbox which generates an iframe to display product details on a page. Because the details page can be pretty long, the client would like a "More" button that scrolls the page down (apparently the scrollbar on the right of the iframe isn't enough).

Here's the code that I've tried in order to get the iframe to scroll:

$(document).ready(function()
{
$(".moreButton img").click(function() {
    scrollbottom();
});
});

function scrollbottom() {
var x = 250; // this number is a temporary placeholder
var t = 500;
$("iframe").animate({ scrollTop: x }, t);
}

I've also tried using body instead of iframe but to no avail. Any ideas? Thanks!

Solution 1

This ended up working:

$('html,body').animate({ scrollTop: x }, t);

Solution 2

Like this: (Tested)

$("iframe").contents().children().animate({ scrollTop: x }, t);

Solution 3

Create a function in the parent javascript like this:

function scrollToPoint(top) {
    $("html, body").animate({ scrollTop: top }, "slow")
}

and call that function within the iframe like this:

window.parent.scrollToPoint(top);

It should work in chrome, not tested in firefox yet

Solution 4

In Chrome I had to specifically select the body element:

$('#my-iframe').contents().find('body').animate({scrollTop:90},500);

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Comments

[Chris Stahl]

$('iframe').contents().animate({ scrollTop: x }, t); That doesn't seem to be working either.

[mack]

does above line solved your problem? i'm getting same issue but not able to resolve by above line

[Chris Stahl]

Yes, that ended up working for me. The only advice I would give you is to make sure that the scope of your function is correct. If your code is in the iframe itself, remember that it won't automatically run like it would on a freshly loaded page. You'll have to invoke it from the parent frame.

[SLaks]

@DavidReynolds: You're probably fighting SOP. What error do you get?