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Formatting Frames and Framesets

Now let’s look at some ways to change the appearance of the frameset. By default, a frameset has a movable divider between the frames. People viewing your page can drag this divider to change the sizes of the frames. To prevent Web site visitors from moving a frame’s dividers, add a noresize="noresize" argument to the frame’s opening tag:

<frame src="masthead.htm" name="topFrame" noresize="noresize">

By default, the divider between frames is five pixels wide. To change the width of the divider, use the border argument in the frameset tag:

<frameset rows="86,*" cols="*" border="10">

Important

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