IFRAME contentWindow is null
I like clean code so I do what I can to avoid unwanted JavaScript global variables. I initially thought that keys(window) would give me window property leaks but that didn't work because browsers returned different results, so I moved on to using an IFRAME to compare default window property keys.
When I first tried this method, I got a lame error about an IFRAME element's contentWindow property being null. Ugh. It didn't take long to figure out why: you need to wait until the IFRAME has loaded to get the contentWindow:
var iframe = document.createElement('iframe');
iframe.onload = function() {
// contentWindow is set!
};
iframe.src = 'about:blank';
document.body.appendChild(iframe);
Of course you'll want to add the onload event before setting the src. If you use the load event to check for the contentWindow property, you'll be in business!
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Don’t you need to append your iframe element to a DOM tree so that the browser fetches its target content ? I mean, I know that old IE will load scripts as you parse an “HTML string” but in modern browsers, I thought that the asset does not get loaded until you append the element to a document (and in my opinion this it what makes constructors such as
Image()so useful).Yes, good catch! Updated!
Unfortunately this does not appear to be 100% reliable in chrome (i’m currently using version 62.0.3202.94, but this appears to have been an issue for a while), as sometimes contentWindow can still be null when onload is triggered.
This solution worked for me! Thanks a lot!
Thank you, saved me hours!
Sharry