CSS style for IFrame???

[gavC]

Hi all,

I am having great difficulty in setting a CSS style for an element in my IFrame. I know how to set the stylesheet for the IFRame using the function "createStyleSheet(strCSS);", however, I want to be able to set the stylesheet for the line that I am currently adding text. This would be like clicking on 'Bold' in Microsoft Word and having the ability to write text using this font until I click on the button again to turn it off.

I know that there is an execCommand function that I can use to execute commands on the IFrame. However, I can not find a command identifier that will allow me to set the css style for my current position.

Has anyone come across this problem before?!? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers,
gavC

[Jonathan]

Couple of things:

You should use plain html...
Do you have a link that would display, or a script?

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An IFRAME is another page being displayed in another... so, if you wanted to use CSS for the IFRAME page you should put a link like this onto the page:
<LINK REL=sytlesheet HREF="your_page.css" type="text/css">

Then you should create your stylesheet in a document with the name of: your_page.css. That should end your problems.

---What is it you are looking for again?---
---Can you tell me what you want on your page exactaly?---

[Jonathan]

I am sorry, I miss-read your post... :)

So you want a button that would change the text... ok...

you will have to wait for my buddy Charles to answer this one... :)

[Jona]

Perhaps, you mean something like what is used in Yahoo! Mail? If so, you have lots of scripting to do... :rolleyes:

[J]ona

[Aronya1]

Hi guys,

I'm pretty new to CSS & haven't used Iframe yet, but wouldn't it be simple enough to use a <span> tag & add the desired properties in-line? gavC says he trying to affect only a line of text...

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

Aronya1

[Jona]

Well, apparently, it's not all that important to gavC, since he hasn't replied back yet. :rolleyes:
Anyways, since he didn't really help us figure out what he needs, it's difficult to know. We all could think of different things, but a lot of the time it's something that no one "thought of" off the top of their heads. So, until he replies, we probably won't know what he wants--that is, if he replies.

[J]ona

[Aronya1]

Jona,
Am I right, though? Would the <span> tag work if all he wants to do is edit a line of text? Iframes are like using HTML frames, right?

[Jona]

Yes, what you said is correct. However, you shouldn't substitute a DIV for a SPAN, because a SPAN is not a block-level element, it must be contained in a block-level element.

[J]ona

[Aronya1]

Got it. I was just thinking in terms of what was originally posted. He said he was editing text.