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Subject:Re: HTML frame limitation? From:Geoff Lane <geoff -at- GJCTECH -dot- FORCE9 -dot- NET> Date:Wed, 14 Apr 1999 17:34:34 +0100
Hi Leigh,
A couple of suggestions:
1. Create the main frameset in two columns and place the title and content
into an inner frameset within the right-hand frame. I assume that the
right-hand frame should be like WinHelp (having a non-scrolling region and a
scrolling region). In this case, the HREF attribute would be to the
frameset that contains the title and page content.
2. Use JavaScript (attached to the OnClick() event) to change the source of
both the top-right and bottom-right frames. In this case, the HREF
attribute would be "#".
Of the two, I'd go for option 1 because it would work with a larger range of
browsers.
HTH,
Geoff Lane
Cornwall, UK
geoff -at- gjctech -dot- force9 -dot- net
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> Subject: HTML frame limitation?
>
>
> I'm trying to design a website using a three-frame approach. I want two
> colums, with the right column divided into two rows. The left frame will
> contain the menu; the bottom right frame the main content of the page, and
> the top right frame the title of the page. The obstacle I run
> into is that I
> can't find a way to have the top right frame change along with the bottom
> right frame; that is, I can't specify two targets for each link
> in the menu
> frame. I'm not even sure if I can do this with plain HTML. Any
> suggestions?
> Thanks
>
> Leigh White
> Technical writer
> Medic Computer Systems, Inc.
