Use iframe as a link? - html

Question

I am using an iframe and in the iframe I am loading a dynamic image. I want to use that image as a link to the respective article. Actually this is a news site.
I already have used many stuffs like:
<iframe src="dynamic url"></iframe>
does work with IE but not with safari and FF.
and
some tweets like
div.iframe-link {
position: relative;
}
a.iframe-link1 {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
}
code:
<div class="iframe-link">
<iframe src="file" width="90px" height="60px" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"
marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" allowtransparency="true" noscaling="true">
</iframe>
</div>
worked in FF and Safari not in IE7,8.
SO can anybody suggest what to do..
any help would be appreciated.
The Iframe is loading a dynamic address of image like::::
<div class="news_img01">
<div onclick="window.open('URL','_self')" style="cursor: pointer;"><br>
<iframe scrolling="no" height="60px" frameborder="0" width="90px" noscaling="true" allowtransparency="true" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" src="thumbnails/1188.gif">
</iframe>
</div>
</div>
so i cant add tag inside but already wrapped tag inside . it worked for IE but not for others like FF, Safari..

Answer 1

You could create a overlay to make the area over a iframe clickable. This worked for me.
<div style="position:relative;">
<iframe src="somepage.html" width="500" height="500" />
</div>
I found this code snippet from this thread here:
https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/how-do-i-make-this-iframe-clickable.2320741/

Answer 2

According to your earlier comments, you were using the iframe in order to crop an image of unknown size to a 60 by 90 pixel box. To do this, use the overflow:hidden css attribute on the a tag, which slices off any content not fitting within the border-box.
<div class="news_img01">
<a href="URL"
style="display: block; width:90px; height:60px; overflow:hidden;">
<img src="thumbnails/1188.gif" />
</a>
</div>

Answer 3

Why don't you enclose <iframe> inside a <div> and add an onClick event on the containing <div> to navigate the user to the desired page?
<div onClick=""> <!-- Or just bind 'click' event with a handler function -->
<iframe ...></iframe>
</div>
By adding the following css rule, it will work as if the iframe were a clickable link.
div {
cursor: pointer
}
iframe {
pointer-events: none; // This is needed to make sure the iframe is not interactive
}

Answer 4

Set css property pointer-events to none on iframe tag.
a {
display : block; /* or inline-block */
}
a iframe {
pointer-events : none;
}
<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3317917/use-iframe-as-a-link">
<iframe src="https://www.africau.edu/images/default/sample.pdf"></iframe>
</a>

Answer 5

If the iframe is loading an HTML page, just put your <a> tags in the source of that.
If it is just loading an image, why are you not using an <img> tag?

Answer 6

I would recommend using jQuery to select the image element in that iframe and wrap it with <a> tag so it's clickable.
I believe it's possible to attach an onHTMLReady listener to the document inside the iframe. Then wait for the iframe to load and then make the image clickable
$(frames[0].document).ready(function(){ /*find and wrap with a-tag goes here*/ });

Answer 7

I have the same problem and I solved it with this code:
div.iframe-link {
position: relative;
float: left;
width: 960px;
height: 30px;
}
a.iframe-link {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
background-color: #ffffff;
opacity: 0.1;
filter:Alpha(opacity=10);
}
For me,it works for all browsers and IE8 as well.
Hope it helps :)

Answer 8

I faced such type of problem and solved by this:
a.iframe-link1 {
position:absolute;
top:0;
left:0;
display:inline-block;
width:90px;
height:60px;
z-index:5;
}