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HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide, 6th Edition
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HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide, 6th Edition

by Chuck Musciano, Bill Kennedy
October 2006
Intermediate to advanced
680 pages
21h 44m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Frame Layout

Frame layout is similar to table layout. Using the <frameset> tag, you can arrange frames into rows and columns while defining their relative or absolute sizes.

The <frameset> Tag

Use the <frameset> tag to define a collection of frames and other framesets and to control their spacing and borders. You may also nest framesets, resulting in a richer set of layout capabilities.

Use the <frameset> tag in lieu of a <body> tag in the frame document. You may not include any other content except valid <head> and <frameset> content in a frame document. Combining frames with a conventional document containing a <body> section may result in unpredictable browser behavior.

The rows and cols attributes

The <frameset> tag has one required attribute: either cols or rows—your choice. They define the size and number of columns or rows of either frames or nested framesets for the document window. Both attributes accept a quote-enclosed, comma-separated list of values that specifies either the absolute (pixels) or relative (percentage or remaining space) width (for columns) or height (for rows) for the frames. The number of attribute values determines how many rows or columns of frames the browser displays in the document window.

As with tables, ...

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