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HTML <frameset> Tag Not Supported in HTML5

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Description

The <frameset> tag defines a collection of frames or other framesets.

The following table summarizes the usages context and the version history of this tag.

Placement: Block
Content: <frameset>, <frame>, <noframes>
Start/End Tag: Start tag: required, End tag: required
Version: HTML 4 and 4.01 (frameset)

Warning: Do not use this tag since it is a non-standard tag. This tag has been removed in HTML5 and shouldn't be used anymore. Use HTML <iframe>, instead.

Syntax

The basic syntax of the <frameset> tag is given with:

HTML / XHTML: <frameset cols="[ number | percentage | * ] ,..." rows="[ number | percentage | * ] ,..."> ... </frameset>

The example below shows the <frameset> tag in action.

Example

Try this code » <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Frameset//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/frameset.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>This is a frameset document.</title> </head> <frameset> <frame src="sample-a.html" name="frame-a"> <frame src="sample-b.html" name="frame-b"> </frameset> </html>

Tag-Specific Attributes

The following table shows the attributes that are specific to the <frameset> tag.

Attribute Value Description
cols pixels%* Specifies the layout of horizontal frames. It is a comma-separated list of pixels, percentages, and relative lengths. The default value is 100%, meaning one row.
rows pixels%* Specifies the layout of vertical frames. It is a comma-separated list of pixels, percentages, and relative lengths. The default value is 100%, meaning one column.

Browser Compatibility

The <frameset> tag is supported in all major modern browsers.

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Basic Support—

  • Firefox 1+
  • Google Chrome 1+
  • Internet Explorer 3+
  • Apple Safari 1+
  • Opera 4+

Further Reading

See tutorial on: HTML Iframes.

Related tags: <frame>, <iframe>.

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