Frames

Creating a page with frames

To create a page with frames, declare a frameset with the FRAMESET tag. The FRAMESET tag is an HTML tag element, like the BODY tag, and not part of the BODY tag. Inside the frameset, declare individual frames using the FRAME tag. For example:


<HTML> 

<TITLE> Title </TITLE> 

<FRAMESET FRAMESPACING=3 ROWS="50,*">

<!-- 

Two frames, each the width of the entire browser window (as opposed to columns) 

The border between them will be 3 pixels wide. 

The top frame will have a height of 50 pixels, the second will take up the remainder. 

-->

<FRAME SRC="Top_frame_1.htm" NAME="top" NORESIZE SCROLLING="no">

<FRAME SRC="Bottom_frame_1.htm" NAME="bottom" NORESIZE>

</FRAMESET>

</HTML>

NORESIZE means that the frames have been locked.

BORDER	Netscape 3	Determines separation between the frames in a frameset
BORDERCOLOR	Netscape 3	Determines border colour.
COLS		Determines size and number of frames as columns
FRAMEBORDER		Determines presence of the frame border (yes/no).
FRAMESPACING	IE 3	Determines separation between the frames in the frameset.
ROWS		Determines size and number of frames as rows.

Rows and columns can be specified as:

Percentage of screen height	ROWS="20%"
Number of pixels	ROWS="200,*"
* meaning whatever is left	ROWS="200,*"
N - where n is a number, meaning 'n parts of what is left over'.	ROWS=",2" - first row is 1/3, second is 2/3. ROWS="100,2," - first row is 100 pixels, second is 2/3 of what is left, third is 1/3 of what is left.

Additional attributes of the FRAME tag:

BORDER	Netscape 3	Determines separation between the frames in a frameset
BORDERCOLOR	Netscape 3	Determines border colour.
FRAMEBORDER		Determines presence of the frame border (yes/no).
FRAMESPACING	IE 3	Determines separation between the frames in the frameset.
NAME		Names a frame for use with TARGET attribute in a hyperlink.
NORESIZE		Prevents resizing of the frame.
SCROLLING		Determines whether or not the frame uses a scroll bar. Default is SCROLLING = YES. Use SCROLLING = NO to remove the scroll bar.
SRC		Specifies the HTML document to be displayed in that frame.

Attributes declared in the FRAME tag have precedence over attributes in the FRAMESET tag.

Note: The Netscape browsers do not always reload the FRAMESET attributes, so if reloading produces no change, open the file.

Frame borders