HTML 2 FRAMES

Frames Intro Frames are a feature supported by Netscape 2.0 (and higher) Internet Explorer 3.0 (and higher) and a few other browsers. Frames allow you to divide the screen into independent windows - different areas (squares and rectangles) or frames - each of which can be used in different ways to display information

Working with Frames Frames Demo

Working with Frames – It marks the beginning and the end of the markup used to structure and lay out the frames that will be displayed by a frames-capable browser. – The information you provide within these tags defines the number and sizes of the frames within the frameset

Working with Frames frameset tags only support two attributes: and – This is a critical attribute of the tag because it divides the screen into columns, each taking up a designated amount of the browser window Types of division for columns: {percentage must be equal to 100} {fixed pixel value} { the * represent that the browser will determine the size of the column} { the n* where n is integer tell the browser to divide using fraction}

–Rows also follows the same concept only it will define areas setting vertically across the browser layout. Working with Frames column row

The tag acts as a frames version of a link, because it instructs the browser to locate a specific page and display it in a specific location Frames Demo2 Working with Frames

Frames Demo Working with Frames Frame attributes Giving frame a name. Giving frame a name is important if we want to reuse the frame to display other pages

Contents Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Working with Frames target="_blank“ cause the browser to display the specified page in a new browser window target="_self“ cause the browser to display the specified document in the same window as the document with the link target="_top“ cause the browser to display the specified page in the entire window taken up by the frameset target="_parent“ have the same effect as _top except in the case where nested framesets are used Frame attributes Targeting links. Usually links will be directed to open a source may it be a new page or a URL. But target give direction to browser as to where these page are to be display.

This is an attribute that prevents the viewer from changing the size of a specific frame This is the attribute that instructs the browser to place (or not place) horizontal and vertical scroll bars in a specified frame Working with Frames

This attribute allows you to change the thickness of the borders of the frames in the frameset This attribute allows you to determine whether the borders of the frameset will be visible Working with Frames

The Netscape browser recognizes an attribute that allows you to control the color of the frame border. Working with Frames