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Destroying Iframe Content in a Tooltip When Hidden

Environment

ProductProgress® Kendo UI® Tooltip
Version2025.1.227

Description

I noticed that when a tooltip iframe is hidden, it still actually exists in the HTML code. The URL I open with the tooltip is active, and I would like to stop the activity of this page when the tooltip hides. Therefore, I need the iframe to be destroyed or its content to be removed when the tooltip is hidden. How can I achieve this?

This knowledge base article also answers the following questions:

  • How do I stop an iframe from loading content when the tooltip is hidden?
  • How can I remove the iframe content of a tooltip upon hiding?

Solution

To remove or destroy the iframe content of a Tooltip when it is hidden, handle the hide event of the Tooltip and modify the src attribute of the iframe to an empty string. Additionally, during the show event, you can set the src attribute of the iframe to the desired URL.

Below is an example demonstrating how to implement this behavior:

 <span id="target" title="Tooltip content"> Some content </span>

    <script>
      $(document).ready(function () {
        $("#target").kendoTooltip({
          iframe: true,
          content: {
            url: "https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/content/web/tooltip/ajax/ajaxContent3.html",
          },
          hide: function(e){
            $('.k-content-frame').attr('src', '')
          },
          show: function(){
            $('.k-content-frame').attr('src', 'https://www.google.com/maps/embed')
            
          },
          width: 220,
          height: 280,
          requestStart: function (e) {
            e.options.url = "https://www.google.com/maps/embed";
          },
        });
      });
    </script>

In this solution, the hide event handler sets the src attribute of the iframe (selected by the .k-content-frame class) to an empty string, effectively removing its content. The show event handler resets the src attribute to the desired content URL each time the tooltip is shown.

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