UNSUPPORTED
in HTML5

Tag Description

The frame tag is used to define one particular window (frame) within a frameset.

This tag has the form:

<frame frameborder="{ 0 | 1 }"
  longdesc="long description"
  marginheight="height (px)"
  marginwidth="width (px)"
  name="name"
  noresize="noresize"
  scrolling="{ auto | no | yes}"
  src="contents_src" />

HTML5 and HTML4.01 Differences

Not supported in HTML5.

Attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
frameborder	0 1	Specifies whether or not to display a border around a frame
longdesc	URL	Specifies a page that contains a long description of the content of a frame
marginheight	pixels	Specifies the top and bottom margins of a frame
marginwidth	pixels	Specifies the left and right margins of a frame
name	name	Specifies the name of a frame
noresize	noresize	Specifies that a frame cannot be resized
scrolling	yes no auto	Specifies whether or not to display scrollbars in a frame
src	URL	Specifies the URL of the document to show in a frame

Global Attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
class	classname	Sets the classname of the element
id	id	Sets a unique id for the element
style	style_def	Sets the inline style of the element
title	text	Sets extra information about the element

Event Attributes

None supported.

Examples

The following example shows the basic use of this tag:

<html>
<frameset cols="30%,70%">
<frame src="left_frame.htm" />
<frame src="right_frame.htm" />
</frameset>
</html>

Browser Support

Chrome	Firefox	IE	Safari	Opera

Doctype Declaration Support

The following table lists the doctype declarations this element may appear in:

HTML4.01 / XHTML1.0			XHTML 1.1	HTML 5
Traditional	Strict	Frameset	XHTML 1.1	HTML 5

Miscellaneous Information

Defined In:	HTML4.01
Empty Tag:	Yes

Layout Options