NAME Attribute | name Property
| |
Sets or retrieves the frame name.
Syntax
| HTML | <ELEMENT NAME
= sName... >
|
|---|
| Scripting | object.name [ = sName ] |
|---|
Possible Values
| sName | String that
specifies or receives an arbitrary name used to identify the object. |
The property is read/write.
The property has no default value.
Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see>About Dynamic Properties.
Remarks
The name property identifies which frame displays the content of a linked document.
Examples
This example uses scripting to set the name property of a frame.
parent.frames[0].name="Left";
This example shows how the NAME attribute for a window can be persisted in HTML, but only when defined in a frame within a freamset.
<FRAMESET>
<FRAME NAME="Left" SRC="blank.htm">
<FRAME NAME="Right" SRC="contents.htm">
</FRAMESET>
Standards Information
property is defined in
HTML 4.0 
and
defined in
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .
Applies To
