How to Disable Clicks in IFrame Using JavaScript

IFrames are useful for embedding other website’s contents on your website and vice versa. But sometimes you may need to disable clicks in iframe using JavaScript. In this article, we will learn how to disable clicks in iframe using JavaScript.

How to Disable Clicks in IFrame Using JavaScript

There are several ways to disable clicks in iframe using JavaScript.

1. Using CSS

One of the simple ways to do this is to just disable pointer events inside iframe, using CSS. Here is a sample CSS configuration for this purpose. We use pointer-events property for this purpose, and set it to none value.

div {
  width: 50vw;
  height: 50vh;
  overflow: scroll;
}

iframe {
  width: 100vw;
  height: 100vh;
  pointer-events: none;
}

Here is a div that contains iframe where the above CSS rules are applied.

<div>
  <iframe src="http://example.com"></iframe>
</div>

2. Using JQuery

You can also disable clicks using JQuery. Here is an example where we detect clicks using JQuery and return false, meaning, do nothing.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Detect a click on iframe</title>
    <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">

      var detector = setInterval(function() {

        var elem = document.activeElement;

        if (elem && elem.tagName == 'IFRAME') 
        {
          return false;
          clearInterval(detector);
        }

      }, 100);

    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <iframe id="iframe" src="//example.com" height="200" width="500"></iframe>
  </body>
</html>

In this article, we have learnt how to disable clicks in IFrame. You can use either of these methods depending on your requirement.

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