Platinum Edition Using XHTML™, XML, and Java™ 2

Frame Elements

Framed layouts are ones in which the browser window is broken into multiple regions called frames. Each frame can contain a distinct XHTML document, enabling you to display several documents at once rather than just one (see Figure 3.18).

Figure 3.18. Frames enable you to keep key page elements (such as navigation) on the screen all the time, while other parts of the page change.

You need to know only a few elements to set up a framed page. These elements are covered in this section.

▸ To learn more about using frames, see Chapter 7, "Frames"

Note

When implementing framesets in XHTML, make sure you are using the XHTML Frameset ...