Chapter 4. Frames
HTML frames allow you to divide the main browser window into smaller subwindows (frames), each of which simultaneously displays a separate document. Links in one frame can open in another frame by specifying its name as a target. All of the latest graphical browsers support frames.
Two
tags are used to make frame documents:
<frameset> and
<frame>. The
<noframes> element provides alternative
content for nonframes browsers. This is a requirement for HTML 4.0
and later and should contain functional content, or a link to it,
instead of telling someone to get a browser that supports frames.
A
frameset is simply a collection of frames that
occupy the browser’s window. Column and row
definition attributes for the <frameset> tag
let you define the number and initial sizes for the columns and rows
of frames. The <frame> tag defines what
document—HTML or otherwise—initially goes into the frame,
and is where you may give the frame a name to use for hypertext link
targets.
Here is the HTML source for a simple frame document, which is displayed by the browser in Figure 4-1.
<html> <head> <title>Frames Layout</title> </head> <frameset rows="60%,*" cols="65%,20%,*"> <frame src="frame1.html"> <frame src="frame2.html"> <frame src="frame3.html" name="fill_me"> <frame scrolling=yes src="frame4.html"> <frame src="frame5.html"> <frame src="frame6.html"> <noframes> You are using a browser that does not support frames. <a href="frame1.html">Take this link</a> to the first HTML ...
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