Web/API/Window/frameElement

The Window.frameElement property returns the element (such as <iframe> or <object>) in which the window is embedded.

Note: Despite this property's name, it works for documents embedded within any embedding point, including <object>, <iframe>, or <embed>.

Syntax

const frameEl = window.frameElement

Value

The element which the window is embedded into. If the window isn't embedded into another document, or if the document into which it's embedded has a different origin, the value is null instead.

Example

const frameEl = window.frameElement;
// If we're embedded, change the containing element's URL to 'http://mozilla.org/'
if (frameEl) {
  frameEl.src = 'http://mozilla.org/';
}

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'Window.frameElement' in that specification.	Candidate Recommendation	Initial specification.

Browser compatibility

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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
`frameElement`	Chrome Full support 1	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 1	IE Full support 5.5	Opera Full support ≤12.1	Safari Full support 3	WebView Android Full support 1	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support ≤12.1	Safari iOS Full support 1	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0

Legend

Full support: Full support