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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"
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<title>FRAME - Frame</title>
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<h1>FRAME - Frame</h1>
<table>
<tr valign=top>
<th>Syntax</th>
<td><strong class=required><FRAME></strong></td>
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<th>Attribute Specifications</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li>NAME=<var><a href="../values.html#cdata">CDATA</a></var> (name of frame)</li>
<li>SRC=<var><a href="../values.html#uri">URI</a></var> (content of frame)</li>
<li>LONGDESC=<var><a href="../values.html#uri">URI</a></var> (long description of frame)</li>
<li>FRAMEBORDER=[ <em class=default>1</em> | 0] (frame border)</li>
<li>MARGINWIDTH=<var><a href="../values.html#pixels">Pixels</a></var> (margin width)</li>
<li>MARGINHEIGHT=<var><a href="../values.html#pixels">Pixels</a></var> (margin height)</li>
<li>NORESIZE (disallow frame resizing)</li>
<li>SCROLLING=[ yes | no | <em class=default>auto</em>] (ability to scroll)</li>
<li><a href="../attrs.html#core">core attributes</a></li>
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<th>Contents</th>
<td>Empty</td>
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<th>Contained in</th>
<td><a href="frameset.html">FRAMESET</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>The <strong class=html>FRAME</strong> element defines a <em>frame</em>--a rectangular subspace within a <a href="../html/doctype.html#frameset">Frameset</a> document. Each <strong class=html>FRAME</strong> must be contained within a <strong class=html><a href="frameset.html">FRAMESET</a></strong> that defines the dimensions of the frame.</p>
<p>The <strong class=html>SRC</strong> attribute provides the <abbr class=initialism title="Uniform Resource Identifier">URI</abbr> of the frame's content, which is typically an <abbr class=initialism title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</abbr> document. If the frame's content is an image, video, or similar object, and if the object cannot be described adequately using the <strong class=html><a href="../attrs.html#title">TITLE</a></strong> attribute of <strong class=html>FRAME</strong>, then authors should use the <strong class=html>LONGDESC</strong> attribute to provide the <abbr class=initialism title="Uniform Resource Identifier">URI</abbr> of a full <abbr class=initialism title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</abbr> description of the object.</p>
<p class=note>For better accessibility to disabled users and better indexing with search engines, authors should not use an image or similar object as the content of a frame. Rather, the object should be embedded within an <abbr class=initialism title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</abbr> document to allow the indexing of keywords and easier provision of alternate content.</p>
<p>The <strong class=html>NAME</strong> attribute gives a name to the frame for use with the <strong class=html>TARGET</strong> attribute of the <strong class=html><a href="../special/a.html">A</a></strong>, <strong class=html><a href="../special/area.html">AREA</a></strong>, <strong class=html><a href="../head/base.html">BASE</a></strong>, <strong class=html><a href="../forms/form.html">FORM</a></strong>, and <strong class=html><a href="../head/link.html">LINK</a></strong> elements. The <strong class=html>NAME</strong> attribute value must begin with a character in the range A-Z or a-z.</p>
<p>The <strong class=html>NAME</strong> should be human-readable and based on the content of the frame since non-windows browsers may use the <strong class=html>NAME</strong> as a title for presenting a list of frames to the user. For example, <strong class=html>NAME=left</strong> would be inappropriate since it says nothing about the content while <strong class=html>NAME=nav</strong> would be inappropriate since it is not very human-readable. More suitable would be <strong class=html>NAME=Content</strong> and <strong class=html>NAME=Navigation</strong>. The <strong class=html>TITLE</strong> attribute can also be used to provide a slightly longer title for the frame, though this is not widely supported by current browsers.</p>
<p>An example follows:</p>
<pre class=example><code class=html><FRAMESET ROWS="*,100">
<FRAMESET COLS="40%,*">
<strong><FRAME NAME="Menu" SRC="nav.html" TITLE="Menu"></strong>
<strong><FRAME NAME="Content" SRC="main.html" TITLE="Content"></strong>
</FRAMESET>
<strong><FRAME NAME="Ad" SRC="ad.html" TITLE="Advertisement"></strong>
<NOFRAMES>
<BODY>
<H1>Table of Contents</H1>
<UL>
<LI>
<A HREF="reference/html40/">HTML 4.0 Reference</A>
</LI>
<LI>
<A HREF="reference/wilbur/">HTML 3.2 Reference</A>
</LI>
<LI>
<A HREF="reference/css/">CSS Guide</A>
</LI>
</UL>
<P>
<IMG SRC="ad.gif" ALT="Ad: Does your bank charge too much?">
</P>
</BODY>
</NOFRAMES>
</FRAMESET></code></pre>
<p>The <strong class=html>FRAME</strong> element also accepts a number of attributes to specify the presentation on visual browsers. <a href="../../css/">Style sheets</a> provide a more flexible method of defining the presentation of frames, but the element's presentational attributes are more widely supported.</p>
<p>The <strong class=html>FRAMEBORDER</strong> attribute specifies whether or not the frame has a visible border. The default value, <strong class=html>1</strong>, tells the browser to draw a border between the frame and all adjoining frames. The value <strong class=html>0</strong> indicates that no border should be drawn, though borders from other frames will override this.</p>
<div class=note>
<p>To fully remove the border, some browsers also require the use of other, non-standard attributes. See <cite><a href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/design/frames/faq/noborder.html">How do I remove the border around frames?</a></cite> for more details.</p>
<p>Note that removing the border of a frame takes away the user's ability to resize the frame on most browsers.</p>
</div>
<p>The <strong class=html>MARGINWIDTH</strong> and <strong class=html>MARGINHEIGHT</strong> attributes define the number of pixels to use as the left/right margins and top/bottom margins, respectively, within the frame. The value must be greater than one pixel.</p>
<p>The boolean <strong class=html>NORESIZE</strong> attribute prevents the user from resizing the frame. This attribute should never be used in a user-friendly Web site.</p>
<p>The <strong class=html>SCROLLING</strong> attribute specifies whether scrollbars are provided for the frame. The default value, <strong class=html>auto</strong>, generates scrollbars only when necessary. The value <strong class=html>yes</strong> gives scrollbars at all times, and the value <strong class=html>no</strong> suppresses scrollbars--even when they are needed to see all the content. The value <strong class=html>no</strong> should never be used.</p>
<h2>More Information</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/present/frames.html#edef-FRAME">FRAME in <abbr class=initialism title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> HTML4.0 Recommendation</a></li>
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