IE 11 Developer Tools - changing console target to a different frameset or iframe

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To change current console iframe/frameset type this into console command line where "contentIFrame" in the iframe/frameset name (there should not be quotes around the iframe name):

console.cd(contentIFrame);

To return to the top level window, use cd() with no argument:

console.cd();

It took me some time to find out that this was possible in IE 11 Developer tools. Everything is so much easier in Chrome. No drama. Sometimes I feel that I hate IE more and more.

Reference (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/dn255006(v=vs.85).aspx#console_in):

All script entered in the command line executes in the global scope of the currently selected window. If your webpage is built with a frameset or iframes, those frames load their own documents in their own windows.

To target the window of a frameset frame or an iframe, use the cd() command, with the frame/iframe's name or ID attribute as the argument. For example, you have a frame with the name microsoftFrame and you're loading the Microsoft homepage in it.

JavaScript

cd(microsoftFrame);

Current window: www.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx

Important Note that there were no quotes around the name of the frame. Only pass the unquoted name or ID value as the parameter.

To return to the top level window, use cd() with no argument.

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