Sets or retrieves the frame name.
Syntax
| HTML | <ELEMENT NAME
= sName... >
|
|---|
| Scripting | [ sName = ] object.name |
|---|
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.
DHTML expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s). As of Internet Explorer 8, expressions are not supported in IE8 mode. 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
This property is defined in
HTML 4.0 .gif)
and
is defined in
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .
Applies To