Window frameElement

Is the current window in a frame?

if (window.frameElement) {
let answer = "YES";
}

More example below.

Description

The frameElement property returns the frame where the window runs.

The frameElement property returns null if the window does not run in a frame.

The frameElement property is read only.

A frame can be any embedding element:

<frame>, <iframe>, <embed>, <object>, etc.

window.frameElement

frameElement

Type	Description
An object	The host of the window (the parent document). Or `null` if no host exists.

If the window is in a frame, change the URL to "91xjr.com":

const frame = window.frameElement;

if (frame) {
frame.src = "https://www.91xjr.com/";
}

window.frameElement is supported in all browsers:


Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Safari	Opera	IE
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes