FRAMESET Element | frameSet Object

Specifies a frameset, which is used to organize multiple frames and nested framesets.

Members Table

The following table lists the members exposed by the frameSet object. Click a tab on the left to choose the type of member you want to view.

Attributes/Properties

Attribute	Property	Description
ATOMICSELECTION		Specifies whether the element and its contents must be selected as a whole, indivisible unit.
BORDER	border	Sets or retrieves the space between the frames, including the 3-D border.
BORDERCOLOR	borderColor	Sets or retrieves the border color of the object.
	canHaveChildren	Retrieves a value indicating whether the object can contain children.
	canHaveHTML	Sets or retrieves the value indicating whether the object can contain rich HTML markup.
CLASS	className	Sets or retrieves the class of the object.
COLS	cols	Sets or retrieves the frame widths of the object.
	firstChild	Retrieves a reference to the first child in the childNodes collection of the object.
FRAMEBORDER	frameBorder	Sets or retrieves whether to display a border for the frame.
FRAMESPACING	frameSpacing	Sets or retrieves the amount of additional space between the frames.
HIDEFOCUS	hideFocus	Sets or retrieves the value indicating whether the object visibly indicates that it has focus.
ID	id	Retrieves the string identifying the object.
	innerHTML	Retrieves the HTML between the start and end tags of the object.
	isContentEditable	Retrieves the value indicating whether the user can edit the contents of the object.
	isDisabled	Retrieves the value indicating whether the user can interact with the object.
	isMultiLine	Retrieves the value indicating whether the content of the object contains one or more lines.
	isTextEdit	Retrieves whether a TextRange object can be created using the object.
LANG	lang	Sets or retrieves the language to use.
LANGUAGE	language	Sets or retrieves the language in which the current script is written.
	lastChild	Retrieves a reference to the last child in the childNodes collection of an object.
NAME	name	Sets or retrieves the frame name.
	nextSibling	Retrieves a reference to the next child of the parent for the object.
	nodeName	Retrieves the name of a particular type of node.
	nodeType	Retrieves the type of the requested node.
	nodeValue	Sets or retrieves the value of a node.
	outerHTML	Sets or retrieves the object and its content in HTML.
	ownerDocument	Sets or retrieves the document object associated with the node.
	parentElement	Retrieves the parent object in the object hierarchy.
	parentNode	Retrieves the parent object in the document hierarchy.
	parentTextEdit	Retrieves the container object in the document hierarchy that can be used to create a TextRange containing the original object.
	previousSibling	Retrieves a reference to the previous child of the parent for the object.
	readyState	Retrieves the current state of the object.
ROWS	rows	Sets or retrieves the frame heights of the object.
	scopeName	Retrieves the namespace defined for the element.
	sourceIndex	Retrieves the ordinal position of the object, in source order, as the object appears in the document's all collection.
TABINDEX	tabIndex	Sets or retrieves the index that defines the tab order for the object.
	tagName	Retrieves the tag name of the object.
	tagUrn	Sets or retrieves the Uniform Resource Name (URN) specified in the namespace declaration.
TITLE	title	Sets or retrieves advisory information (a ToolTip) for the object.
	uniqueID	Retrieves an autogenerated, unique identifier for the object.
UNSELECTABLE		Specifies that an element cannot be selected.
WIDTH	width	Sets or retrieves the width of the object.

Behaviors

Behavior	Description
clientCaps	Provides information about features supported by Internet Explorer, as well as a way for installing browser components on demand.
download	Downloads a file and notifies a specified callback function when the download is complete.
homePage	Contains information about a user's homepage.

Collections

Collection	Description
all	Returns a reference to the collection of elements contained by the object.
attributes	Retrieves a collection of attributes of the object.
behaviorUrns	Returns a collection of Uniform Resource Name (URN) strings identifying the behaviors attached to the element.
childNodes	Retrieves a collection of HTML Elements and TextNode objects that are direct descendants of the specified object.
children	Retrieves a collection of DHTML Objects that are direct descendants of the object.

Events

Event	Description
onactivate	Fires when the object is set as the active element.
onafterprint	Fires on the object immediately after its associated document prints or previews for printing.
onbeforedeactivate	Fires immediately before the activeElement is changed from the current object to another object in the parent document.
onbeforeprint	Fires on the object before its associated document prints or previews for printing.
onbeforeunload	Fires prior to a page being unloaded.
onblur	Fires when the object loses the input focus.
oncontrolselect	Fires when the user is about to make a control selection of the object.
ondeactivate	Fires when the activeElement is changed from the current object to another object in the parent document.
onfocus	Fires when the object receives focus.
onload	Fires immediately after the browser loads the object.
onmove	Fires when the object moves.
onmoveend	Fires when the object stops moving.
onmovestart	Fires when the object starts to move.
onresizeend	Fires when the user finishes changing the dimensions of the object in a control selection.
onresizestart	Fires when the user begins to change the dimensions of the object in a control selection.
onunload	Fires immediately before the object is unloaded.

Filters

Filter property	Description
Barn	Reveals new content of the object with a motion that resembles doors opening or closing.
BasicImage	Adjusts the color processing, image rotation, or opacity of the content of the object.
Blinds	Reveals new content of the object with a motion that appears to open or close blinds.
Blur	Blurs the content of the object so that it appears out of focus.
CheckerBoard	Reveals new content of the object by uncovering squares placed like a checkerboard over the original content.
Compositor	Displays new content of the object as a logical color combination of the new and original content. The color and alpha values of each version of the content are evaluated to determine the final color on the output image.
Emboss	Displays the content of the object as an embossed texture using grayscale values.
Engrave	Displays the content of the object as an engraved texture using grayscale values.
Fade	Reveals new content of the object by fading out the original content.
Gradient	Displays a colored surface between the object's background and content.
GradientWipe	Reveals new content of the object by passing a gradient band over the original content.
ICMFilter	Converts the color content of the object based on an Image Color Management (ICM) profile. This enables improved display of specific content, or simulated display for hardware devices, such as printers or monitors.
Inset	Reveals new content of the object diagonally.
Iris	Reveals new content of the object with an iris effect, similar to the opening of a camera aperture.
Matrix	Resizes, rotates, or reverses the content of the object using matrix transformation.
Pixelate	Displays the content of the object as colored squares that take the average color value of the pixels they replace. This filtered display can be used as a transition.
RadialWipe	Reveals new content of the object with a radial wipe, like a windshield-wiper blade.
RandomBars	Reveals new content of the object by exposing random lines of pixels.
RandomDissolve	Reveals new content of the object by exposing random pixels.
Slide	Reveals new content of the object by sliding sections of the image into place.
Spiral	Reveals new content of the object with a spiral motion.
Stretch	Reveals new content of the object with a stretching motion to cover the original content. One option resembles a cube rotating from one face to another.
Strips	Reveals new content of the object by moving successive strips into place, like a diagonal saw blade passing across the original content.
Wheel	Reveals new content of the object with a rotating motion, like spokes of a wheel covering the original content.
Zigzag	Reveals new content of the object with a forward and back motion that moves down the object.

Methods

Method	Description
addBehavior	Attaches a behavior to the element.
appendChild	Appends an element as a child to the object.
applyElement	Makes the element either a child or parent of another element.
attachEvent	Binds the specified function to an event, so that the function gets called whenever the event fires on the object.
blur	Causes the element to lose focus and fires the onblur event.
clearAttributes	Removes all attributes and values from the object.
cloneNode	Copies a reference to the object from the document hierarchy.
componentFromPoint	Returns the component located at the specified coordinates via certain events.
contains	Checks whether the given element is contained within the object.
detachEvent	Unbinds the specified function from the event, so that the function stops receiving notifications when the event fires.
fireEvent	Fires a specified event on the object.
focus	Causes the element to receive the focus and executes the code specified by the onfocus event.
getAdjacentText	Returns the adjacent text string.
getAttribute	Retrieves the value of the specified attribute.
getAttributeNode	Retrieves an attribute object referenced by the attribute.name property.
getElementsByTagName	Retrieves a collection of objects based on the specified element name.
hasChildNodes	Returns a value that indicates whether the object has children.
insertAdjacentElement	Inserts an element at the specified location.
insertAdjacentHTML	Inserts the given HTML text into the element at the location.
insertAdjacentText	Inserts the given text into the element at the specified location.
insertBefore	Inserts an element into the document hierarchy as a child node of a parent object.
mergeAttributes	Copies all read/write attributes to the specified element.
normalize	Merges adjacent TextNode objects to produce a normalized document object model.
removeAttribute	Removes the given attribute from the object.
removeAttributeNode	Removes an attribute object from the object.
removeBehavior	Detaches a behavior from the element.
removeChild	Removes a child node from the object.
removeNode	Removes the object from the document hierarchy.
replaceAdjacentText	Replaces the text adjacent to the element.
replaceChild	Replaces an existing child element with a new child element.
replaceNode	Replaces the object with another element.
setActive	Sets the object as active without setting focus to the object.
setAttribute	Sets the value of the specified attribute.
setAttributeNode	Sets an attribute object node as part of the object.
swapNode	Exchanges the location of two objects in the document hierarchy.

Objects

Object	Description
runtimeStyle	Represents the cascaded format and style of the object that overrides the format and style specified in global style sheets, inline styles, and HTML attributes.
style	Represents the current settings of all possible inline styles for a given element.

Styles

Style attribute	Style property	Description
background-position-x	backgroundPositionX	Sets or retrieves the x-coordinate of the backgroundPosition property.
background-position-y	backgroundPositionY	Sets or retrieves the y-coordinate of the backgroundPosition property.
behavior	behavior	Sets or retrieves the location of the Introduction to DHTML Behaviors.
border-bottom	borderBottom	Sets or retrieves the properties of the bottom border of the object.
border-left	borderLeft	Sets or retrieves the properties of the left border of the object.
border-right	borderRight	Sets or retrieves the properties of the right border of the object.
border-top	borderTop	Sets or retrieves the properties of the top border of the object.
filter	filter	Sets or retrieves the filter or collection of filters applied to the object.
height	height	Sets or retrieves the height of the object.
layout-grid	layoutGrid	Sets or retrieves the composite document grid properties that specify the layout of text characters.
layout-grid-mode	layoutGridMode	Sets or retrieves whether the text layout grid uses two dimensions.
	pixelBottom	Sets or retrieves the bottom position of the object.
	pixelHeight	Sets or retrieves the height of the object.
	pixelLeft	Sets or retrieves the left position of the object.
	pixelRight	Sets or retrieves the right position of the object.
	pixelTop	Sets or retrieves the top position of the object.
	pixelWidth	Sets or retrieves the width of the object.
	posBottom	Sets or retrieves the bottom position of the object in the units specified by the bottom attribute.
	posHeight	Sets or retrieves the height of the object in the units specified by the height attribute.
	posLeft	Sets or retrieves the left position of the object in the units specified by the left attribute.
	posRight	Sets or retrieves the right position of the object in the units specified by the right attribute.
	posTop	Sets or retrieves the top position of the object in the units specified by the top attribute.
	posWidth	Sets or retrieves the width of the object in the units specified by the width attribute.
text-underline-position	textUnderlinePosition	Sets or retrieves the position of the underline decoration that is set through the textDecoration property of the object.
zoom	zoom	Sets or retrieves the magnification scale of the object.

Remarks

The FRAMESET element is a container for the FRAME element. An HTML document can contain either the FRAMESET element or the BODY element, but not both.

Security Alert   To protect user privacy and safeguard your applications, Internet Explorer restricts some interactions between frames that host Web pages from different domains. For more information about using the Dynamic HTML (DHTML) object model with the>frame and>iframe objects, see>About Cross-Frame Scripting and Security and>Security Considerations: Dynamic HTML.

If a user opens a Web folder inside a frame and then clicks something in the Web folder, the file or folder that the user clicks takes over the entire window. For example, suppose that a page contains two frames, one frame pointing to http://www.microsoft.com and the second frame pointing to a network drive. If the user clicks a file or folder in the second frame, that frame takes control of the entire window, including the first frame. For file types that the browser cannot host, such as .txt files, a separate window in the appropriate host application is opened.

A Web folder is a part of the file system hierarchy, but it does not necessarily represent anything in the file system. An example is Network Neighborhood.

This element is available in HTML as of Internet Explorer 3.0, and in script as of Internet Explorer 4.0.

This element is an inline element.

This element requires a closing tag.

Example

This example uses the FRAMESET element to define three columns of rectangular frames on a page.

<FRAMESET COLS="25%, 50%, *">
<FRAME SRC="contents.htm">
<FRAME SRC="info.htm">
<FRAME SCROLLING="NO" SRC="graphic.htm">
</FRAMESET>

Standards Information

object is defined in HTML 4.0  and defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .

See Also

frame