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jQuery .ready in a dynamically inserted iframe

Asked 2008-10-15T15:09:22.577
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We are using jQuery thickbox to dynamically display an iframe when someone clicks on a picture. In this iframe, we are using galleria a javascript library to display multiple pictures.

The problem seems to be that $(document).ready in the iframe seems to be fired too soon and the iframe content isn't even loaded yet, so galleria code is not applied properly on the DOM elements. $(document).ready seems to use the iframe parent ready state to decide if the iframe is ready.

If we extract the function called by document ready in a separate function and call it after a timeout of 100 ms. It works, but we can't take the chance in production with a slow computer.

$(document).ready(function() { setTimeout(ApplyGalleria, 100); });

My question: which jQuery event should we bind to to be able to execute our code when the dynamic iframe is ready and not just it's a parent?

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In IFrames I usually solve this problem by putting a small script to the very end of the block:

<body>
The content of your IFrame
<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
   fireOnReadyEvent();
   parent.IFrameLoaded();
//]]>
</script>
</body>

This work most of the time for me. Sometimes the simplest and most naive solution is the most appropriate.

answered 2008-10-15T15:54:38.727

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