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HTML5 Pocket Reference, 5th Edition
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HTML5 Pocket Reference, 5th Edition

by Jennifer Robbins
August 2013
Intermediate to advanced
182 pages
3h 40m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

iframe

Synopsis

<iframe> . . . </iframe>

Defines an inline frame that is used for embedding an HTML document in a separate browsing context (window) nested within the parent document. An inline frame displays the content of an external document and may display scrolling devices if the content doesn’t fit in the specified window area. Inline frames may be positioned similarly to images.

Usage

Categories:

Flow content, phrasing content, embedded content, interactive content, palpable content

Permitted contexts:

Where embedded content is expected

Permitted content:

Text content. If using an algorithm, the resulting output must be a list of nodes without parsing errors or scripts and may only contain phrasing content.

Start/end tags:

Required/Required

Attributes

HTML5 Global Attributes

allowfullscreen

Not in HTML 4.01. Indicates that the objects in the iframe are allowed to use requestFullScreen().

height="number"

Specifies the height of the inline frame in pixels or as a percentage of the window size.

name="text"

Assigns a name to the inline frame to be referenced by targeted links.

sandbox="allow-forms | allow-pointer-lock | allow-popups | allow-same-origin | allow-scripts | allow-top-navigation"

Not in HTML 4.01. Used to enable scripts, pop ups, plug-ins, and form submission in embedded documents.

seamless (seamless="seamless" in XHTML)

Not in HTML 4.01. Makes the browser treat the embedded document as though it were part of the parent document for purposes of link targets, document structure, and ...

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