How do we create a sub window in HTML?


Use the <frame> tag to create a sub window. The HTML <frame> tag is used to specify each frame within a frameset tag.

Note − This tag is not supported in HTML5. Do not use.

The following are the attributes −

Attribute
Value
Description
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.

Example

You can try to run the following code to create a sub window −

<!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>

Updated on: 03-Mar-2020

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