Frames Attributes

9/30/99

The <FRAMESET> tag provides several attributes that can be used in addition to the COLS and ROWS specifications. These include:

• FRAMEBORDER and BORDER determine whether the borders between frames are displayed. FRAMESPACING determines the width of the frame border. FRAMEBORDER and FRAMESPACING are for IE and BORDER is for Netscape. To have the borders turned off in both browsers, you must include FRAMEBORDER=0, BORDER=0, and FRAMESPACING=0.

The <FRAME> tag also provides several attributes. These are the most frequently used:

• SCROLLING determines whether scrollbars are displayed for the frame. It is recommended that you always use the AUTO setting unless you are absolutely sure that the user will not need scrolling at any resolution. If SCROLLING=NO and the user cannot see all of the included page, they may not be able to navigate.
• NORESIZE prevents the user from adjusting the size of the frame. Again, be careful with this attribute. If the user cannot scroll or resize they may be disabled from using your pages.
• NAME allows you to name a frame. This is used for targeting windows. For example, a menu frame could update a content frame when a menu item is selected.