IE Issue: Submitting form to an iframe using javascript

Question

I was trying to create an iframe element using javascript, like so:

var iframe = document.createElement(\'iframe\');
iframe.setAttribute(\'name\', \'frame_x\         


        

Answer 1

To continue @scunliffe’s answer, if using Prototype.js:

var iframe = Element('iframe', {name: 'frame_x'});

which works because this helper function detects HAS_EXTENDED_CREATE_ELEMENT_SYNTAX for IE, working around the .name = … bug.