The HTML <frame> tag is used to specify each frame within a frameset tag. This tag is not supported in HTML5.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML frame Tag</title> </head> <frameset cols = "200, *"> <frame src = "/html/menu.htm" name = "menu_page" /> <frame src = "/html/main.htm" name = "main_page" /> <noframes> <body> Your browser does not support frames. </body> </noframes> </frameset> </html>
This will produce the following result, refer the image given below. The left frame is menu.htm and the right one is main.htm −
The HTML <frame> tag also supports the following additional attributes −
Attribute | Value | Description |
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frameborder | 0 or 1 | Specifies whether or not to display border around the frame. |
marginheight | pixels | Allows you to specify the width of the space between the left and right of the frame's borders and the frame's content. The value is given in pixels. For example marginwidth = "10". |
marginwidth | pixels | Specifies the margin, in pixels, between the frame's contents and it's left and right margins. |
name | frame name | Name of the frame. |
noresize | noresize | When set to noresize the user cannot resize the frame. |
scrolling | yes no auto |
Determines scrollbar action. |
src | URL | Location of the frame contents file. |
Chrome | Firefox | IE | Opera | Safari | Android |
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Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |