Frameset Tag

The frameset tag defines a general layout of a web page that uses frames. It creates a table of documents; in which each rectangle (called a frame) holds a separate document. In its simplest form, it states how many columns or rows will be there in the frameset.

Attributes of Frameset Tag

Cols and Rows

Cols and Rows set the quantity and sizes of the columns and rows in a frameset. The value for each attribute is a comma separated by a list of sizes (in percentage).

Frameborder

Frameborder determines whether there should be 3D borders between the frames. It takes up two values-Yes and No. Yes sets the 3D frame border which is the default value. The value no does not set a 3D border.

Framespacing and Border

Framespacing and border are one and the same thing. It sets the space between the frames which indicates how big the borders are. Internet explorer understands only framespacing and netscape understands only border.

Bordercolor

Bordercolor sets the color of the border in the frameset.

NoFrames Tag

A large percentage of people on the web use browsers which cannot read frames. The <noframes> tag holds the text that should be displayed for people who don’t have frames. It should be the outermost frameset element.

IFrame Tag

The <iframe> tag creates a web page, which has an inline frame that contains another document. It creates a frame that sits in the middle of a regular non framed page. It works like the <img> tag, the only difference being that instead of pitting a picture on the web page it puts up another web page.

Attributes of IFrame Tag

Src

Src indicates the URL of the document which should go in the frame.

Height and Width

Height and Width attribute set the dimension of the inline frame.

Name

Name indicates the name of the inline frame. It works in the same way as in the frame tag.

Frameborder

Frameborder indicates if the inline frame should have a border around it. The default value is 1, which sets a border. When a border is not required then the value is set to 0.

Marginwidth

Marginwidth sets the internal left and right margins of the internal frame. It works similarly as it works in the frame tag.

Marginheight

Marginheight sets the internal top and bottom margins of an inline frame. It works similarly as in the frame tag.