Article ID: 291125
Article Last Modified on 5/11/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
This article was previously published under Q291125
SYMPTOMS
If you call the window.showModalDialog or window.showModelessDialog methods to place an IFRAME in a Web page dialog box, you cannot edit the IFRAME, even if you set the iframe.document.designMode property to "On".
CAUSE
This problem occurs because the iframe.document.designMode="On" property does not work in Internet Explorer 5.5.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, use the new iframe.document.body.contentEditable = "True" property in Internet Explorer version 5.5.
Note: The iframe.document.body.contentEditable = "True" property is not available in Internet Explorer 5.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
Use window.showModalDialog or window.showModelessDialog to open the following HTML file in Internet Explorer 5.5:
<html>
<head>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=javascript>
function window_onload() {
textEdit.document.body.contentEditable = "True"; //This line works in Internet Explorer 5.5,
// but not in Internet Explorer 5.
textEdit.document.designMode="On"; //This line works in Internet Explorer 5,
// but not in Internet Explorer 5.5.
textEdit.focus();
}
</SCRIPT>
</head>
<body onload="return window_onload()" language="javascript">
<iframe name="textEdit" id="textEdit" width="400" height="280"></iframe>
</body>
</html>
Notice that you can edit the textEdit IFRAME in Internet Explorer 5, but not in Internet Explorer 5.5.
REFERENCES
For more information on the MSHTML editing platform in Internet Explorer 5.5, see the following Microsoft Web site:
For more information about developing Web-based solutions for Microsoft Internet Explorer, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:
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