iFrame javascript communication

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Hi all, I have an iframe (named 'base') that I want to capture the right mouse click event in and have it handled by a function in the containing document (parent) ...

frames['base'].document.body.onContextMenu="return parent.navwheel()";

... but even if i make the function navwheel a simple alert - it never gets called????

Any help or clues greatly appreciated. :-)

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Figured it out - with thanks to the good old DOM inspector. The previous code was definately adding the onContextMenu code, but in the wrong place. You need to add it as a root level node of the body....

frames['base'].document.body.setAttribute('onContextMenu',"return parent.navwheel()");

Just thought i'd paste the solution in case it helps someone else one day :-)

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Thanks for posting the solution!

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Thanks for posting the solution!

IE7 has a problem with the way the event has been attached ...

frames['base'].document.body.setAttribute('onContextMenu',"return parent.navwheel()");

.. any ideas anyone for a cross browser implementation of a contextmenu capture??