Selecting a form which is in an iframe using jQuery

Question

I have a form inside an iframe which is inside a jQuery UI dialog box. The form contains a file input type. The jQuery UI dialog contains an Upload button. When this butt

Answer 1

The answer is:

$('#upload_file_iframe').contents().find('#upload-form').submit();

which I learned from http://simple.procoding.net/2008/03/21/how-to-access-iframe-in-jquery/

Answer 2

Off the top of my head I'd say you might have to add the logic to the file where the iframe source is from.

Answer 3

Accessing an element inside an iframe is tricky. You should use the following syntax:

$('#iframeID').contents().find('#upload-form').submit();

where 'iframeID' is obviously an ID you've given to the iframe.

Hope it is correct!