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domref

contentWindow

The contentWindow property returns the window object for the frame.

Syntax 

frameWindow = frameElement.contentWindow

Parameters

frameWindow is an object reference to the window object for this frame.

Example 

f = document.getElementById("frame");
 
f.contentWindow.location = "http://mozilla.org";
 
f.contentWindow.history.back();

Notes

You can also get to the window object through a named frame. For example, a frame with the name="myFrame" can refer back to the window object as window.frames["myFrame"].

Specification

DOM Level 2 -- HTMLFrameElement

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