A frame can be named with the following format:
<FRAME src="frame_page_URL" name="frame_name">
Once a frame is named, it can be targeted with a hyperlink. This is accomplished with the target attribute of the <A> anchor tag (see Hyperlinks and URLs).
<A herf="page_URL" target="frame_name">Link Text</A>
The following table shows certain special target options:
| Target
Options |
Description |
_blank |
Load the linked page in a new browser window. |
_self |
Load the linked page in the current frame window. |
_top |
Load the linked page into the entire browser
window. |
_parent |
Load the linked page in the current frames'
parent, which is generally the frame window immediately preceding
the current frame in the <FRAMESET>
definition. |
The following table shows more attributes related to the <FRAME> tag:
| Attribute |
Description |
marginwidth |
Left and right margins of the frame (in pixels). |
marginheight |
Top and bottom margins of the frame (in pixels). |
scrolling |
Whether to display scrollbar for the frame. Accept values of yes, no, or auto. |
| frameborder |
Whether to display dividers between frames. Accept values of 1 (i.e., yes), or 0 (i.e., no) |
noresize |
Does not allow user to resize the frame. |
