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HTML Reference Sheet
Using Frames
HTML frames allow authors to present documents in multiple views, which may be independent windows or subwindows. Multiple views offer designers a way to keep certain information visible, while other views are scrolled or replaced.
For example, within the same window, one frame might display a static banner, a second a navigation menu, and a third the main document that can be scrolled through or replaced by navigating in the second frame.
Here is a simple frame document:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Frameset//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/frameset.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>A simple frameset document</title>
</head>
<frameset cols="20%, 80%">
<frameset rows="100, 200">
<frame src="contents_of_frame1.html">
<frame src="contents_of_frame2.gif">
</frameset>
<frame src="contents_of_frame3.html">
<noframes>
<p>
This frameset document contains:
</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="contents_of_frame1.html">Some neat contents</a></li>
<li><img src="contents_of_frame2.gif" alt="A neat image"></li>
<li><a href="contents_of_frame3.html">Some other neat contents</a></li>
</ul>
</noframes>
</frameset>
</html>
If the browser used to view the above example supports frames, it will look something like this:
If the browser can't display frames os ir configured not to, it will render the contents of the noframes element.
We will take a more in depth look at frames in the HTML Tag List.
