Troubleshooting: Multiple buttons for same Form Not Loading – Could Dual Embedding Be the Cause?

You've raised an important point to consider when troubleshooting web page elements: could having the same component, like a Google Form, embedded in multiple places cause conflicts? Specifically, if the form embedded in the contact section is the same as the one intended for the bidding section, could that prevent the bidding form from loading correctly when a bid button is clicked?

While it's smart to consider potential conflicts, it's highly unlikely that embedding the same Google Form in two different <iframe> elements on the same page is the direct reason the bidding form isn't opening or loading.

Here's a breakdown of why this scenario is improbable and what the more likely reasons might be:

Understanding Iframe Independence

To understand why dual embedding isn't the likely issue, we need to look at how iframes function within a webpage.

Each <iframe> essentially creates a separate, independent browsing context nested within your main page. Think of it like opening two separate mini-browser windows inside your main window.

Loading a website like google.com (or a specific Google Form) in one iframe doesn't interact with or prevent you from loading the same site or form in a completely different iframe on the same page.

Google Forms, in particular, are designed specifically to be embedded using iframes in this way across countless websites. Therefore, having the contact form iframe (potentially pointing to a form ending in ...C2Ag, for example) and the bidding form iframe (perhaps pointing to one ending in ...Q56) on the same page doesn't inherently create a loading conflict based solely on the embedding itself.

Even if both iframes were pointing to the exact same Google Form URL, one loading successfully wouldn't prevent the other from loading its own separate instance.

Probable Reasons the Bidding Form Isn't Loading

So, if embedding isn't the problem, what is likely causing the bidding form to fail when a button is clicked? The issue often lies in how the form is being called or targeted by the page's script.

1. Correct JavaScript Targeting:

A key reason why dual embedding isn't the issue here is that your JavaScript code uses specific IDs to ensure it interacts with the correct elements:

• The modal intended to display the bidding form likely has a unique ID, for example: id="bid-modal".

• The <iframe> inside that specific modal, which is meant to load the bidding form, also has a unique ID, such as: id="google-form-iframe".

• Your JavaScript functions (like loadFormInModal in previous examples) are written to specifically find the element with id="google-form-iframe" (document.getElementById('google-form-iframe')) and set its src attribute to load the bidding form URL.

• Crucially, the <iframe> used on the Contact page does not share these IDs and is not targeted by the JavaScript logic triggered by the auction bid buttons.

This clear separation means the auction script is designed to load the bidding form only into the designated iframe within the bidding modal. It shouldn't accidentally try (or be blocked by trying) to load the bid form into the contact form's iframe.

Most Probable Reasons the Bidding Form Isn't Opening/Loading: