HTML & XHTML Pocket Reference, 4th Edition

Name

frameset — HTML 4.01

Synopsis

<frameset> . . . </frameset>

Defines a collection of frames or other framesets. The frameset element is used in place of the body element for framed documents, and the document’s DOCTYPE declaration should point to one of the Frameset DTDs as shown in the example below.

The frameset element may not contain any content but instead defines and names some number of frames (or other framesets) arranged in rows and/or columns. Each frame is indicated with a frame element within the frameset. A frameset document contains a regular header portion (as indicated with the head element).

Notes

Not in HTML5. frameset, frame, and noframes elements are not included in HTML5.

Start/End Tags

Required/Required

Attributes

Core, onload, onunload

border="number"

Nonstandard. Sets frame border thickness (in pixels) between all the frames in a frameset (when the frame border is turned on). Mozilla browsers do not support border.

bordercolor="#rrggbb" or "color name"

Nonstandard. Sets a border color for all the borders in a frameset. Mozilla and Opera browsers do not support bordercolor.

cols="list of lengths" (number, percentage, or *)

Establishes the number and sizes of columns (vertical frames) in a frameset. The number of columns is determined by the number of values in the list. Size specifications can be in absolute pixel values, percentage values, or relative values (*) based on available space.

frameborder="1|0"; "yes|no" (Netscape)

Nonstandard. Determines whether 3D separators ...