Web/API/HTMLIFrameElement/contentDocument

If the iframe and the iframe's parent document are Same Origin, returns a Document (that is, the active document in the inline frame's nested browsing context), else returns null.

Example of contentDocument

var iframeDocument = document.getElementsByTagName("iframe")[0].contentDocument; 

iframeDocument.body.style.backgroundColor = "blue";
// This would turn the iframe blue.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'HTMLIFrameElement: contentDocument' in that specification.	Living Standard

Browser compatibility

The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
contentDocument	Chrome Full support 43	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support Yes	IE Full support 8	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support 10	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes

Legend

Full support  

Full support

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