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noelnoegdip
noelnoegdip

Reputation: 531

How can a button in an iframe open a new url in a chrome extension

I have an extension which adds a bar at the top of a webpage. i have inserted the iframe in the content script using

document.body.insertBefore(iframe, document.body.firstChild);

The iframe has a button

<button id="mybutton">Click to help</button>

When the user clicks the button I want to redirect them to a new url in the same window. Is this possible?

The reason I want to do this is on certain websites I would like to change the url to include an additional parameter. I chose the iframe option as it more visible than an extension in the bar. Therefore if there is an alternative way to do this I would be happy to learn about it.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 324

Answers (1)

PAEz
PAEz

Reputation: 8542

Your iframe..... 

<html>
<head>
</head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function changeParent(e){
parent.location="http://google.com.au";
}
function onLoad(){

document.querySelector("#mybutton").onclick = changeParent;

}
</script>
<body onload="onLoad()">

<a id="mybutton">Change Parents URL</a>

</body>
</html>

Would be a good case for info bars if they ever come out of experimental....
http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/experimental.infobars.html

Upvotes: 1

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