frameset element | frameSet object
This element is obsolete and should no longer be used. Use iframe or CSS instead. Specifies a frameset, which is used to organize multiple frames and nested framesets.
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HTML information
| Closing Tag | required |
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| CSS Display | inline |
Members
The frameSet object has these types of members:
Events
The frameSet object has these events.
| Event | Description |
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| abort |
Fires when the user aborts the download. |
| activate |
Fires when the object is set as the active element. |
| afterprint |
Fires on the object immediately after its associated document prints or previews for printing. |
| afterupdate |
Fires on a databound object after successfully updating the associated data in the data source object. |
| beforecopy |
Fires on the source object before the selection is copied to the system clipboard. |
| beforeprint |
Fires on the object before its associated document prints or previews for printing. |
| beforeunload |
Fires prior to a document being unloaded. |
| beforeupdate |
Fires on a databound object before updating the associated data in the data source object. |
| blur |
Fires when the object loses the input focus. |
| cellchange |
Fires when data changes in the data provider. |
| change |
Fires when the contents of the object or selection have changed. |
| controlselect |
Fires when the user is about to make a control selection of the object. |
| dataavailable |
Fires periodically as data arrives from data source objects that asynchronously transmit their data. |
| datasetchanged |
Fires when the data set exposed by a data source object changes. |
| deactivate |
Fires when the activeElement is changed from the current object to another object in the parent document. |
| error |
Fires when an error occurs during object loading. |
| errorupdate |
Fires on a databound object when an error occurs while updating the associated data in the data source object. |
| filterchange |
Fires when a visual filter changes state or completes a transition. |
| focus |
Fires when the object receives focus. |
| hashchange |
Raised when there are changes to the portion of a URL that follows the number sign (#). This event is not supported for Windows apps using JavaScript. |
| input |
Occurs when the text content of an element is changed through the user interface. |
| layoutcomplete |
Fires when the print or print preview layout process finishes filling the current LayoutRect object with content from the source document. |
| load |
Fires immediately after the client loads the object. |
| message |
Fires when the user sends a cross-document message or a message is sent from a Worker with postMessage. |
| move |
Fires when the object moves. |
| moveend |
Fires when the object stops moving. |
| movestart |
Fires when the object starts to move. |
| mselementresize |
Fires when certain HTML elements are resized. |
| offline |
Raised when Internet Explorer is working offline. This event is not supported for Windows apps using JavaScript. |
| onbeforedeactivate |
Fires immediately before the activeElement is changed from the current object to another object in the parent document. |
| ondatasetcomplete |
Fires to indicate that all data is available from the data source object. |
| online |
Raised when Internet Explorer is working online. This event is not supported for Windows apps using JavaScript. |
| onselect |
Fires when the current selection changes. |
| orientationchange |
Fires when the device is rotated. |
| reset |
Fires when the user resets a form. |
| resize |
Fires when the size of the object is about to change. |
| resizeend |
Fires when the user finishes changing the dimensions of the object in a control selection. |
| resizestart |
Fires when the user begins to change the dimensions of the object in a control selection. |
| rowenter |
Fires to indicate that the current row has changed in the data source and new data values are available on the object. |
| rowexit |
Fires just before the data source control changes the current row in the object. |
| rowsdelete |
Fires when rows are about to be deleted from the recordset. |
| rowsinserted |
Fires just after new rows are inserted in the current recordset. |
| scroll |
Fires when the user repositions the scroll box in the scroll bar on the object. |
| storage |
Fires when a Web Storage area is updated. |
| unload |
Fires immediately before the object is unloaded. |
Methods
The frameSet object has these 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 |
Note
attachEvent is no longer supported. Starting with IE11, use addEventListener. For info, see Compatibility changes.
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. |
| click |
Simulates a click by causing the onclick event to fire. |
| 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. |
| doScroll |
Note
doScroll is no longer supported. Starting with IE11, use scrollLeft or scrollTop. For info, see Compatibility changes.
Simulates a click on a scroll bar component. |
| 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. |
| getAttributeNodeNS |
Gets an attribute object that matches the specified namespace and name. |
| getAttributeNS |
Gets the value of the specified attribute within the specified namespace. |
| getElementsByClassName |
Gets a collection of objects that are based on the value of the class attribute. |
| getElementsByTagName |
Retrieves a collection of objects based on the specified element name. |
| getElementsByTagNameNS |
Gets a collection of objects that are based on the specified element names within a specified namespace. |
| hasAttribute |
Determines whether an attribute with the specified name exists. |
| hasAttributeNS |
Determines whether an attribute that has the specified namespace and name exists. |
| hasAttributes |
Determines whether one or more attributes exist for the object. |
| 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. |
| msMatchesSelector |
Determines whether an object matches the specified selector. |
| normalize |
Merges adjacent DOM objects to produce a normalized document object model. |
| removeAttribute |
Removes an attribute from an object. |
| removeAttributeNode |
Removes an attribute object from the object. |
| removeAttributeNS |
Removes the specified attribute 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. |
| setAttributeNodeNS |
Sets an attribute object as part of the object. |
| setAttributeNS |
Sets the value of the specified attribute within the specified namespace. |
| setCapture |
Sets the mouse capture to the object that belongs to the current document. |
| swapNode |
Exchanges the location of two objects in the document hierarchy. |
Properties
The frameSet object has these properties.
| Property | Description |
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Specifies whether the element and its contents must be selected as a whole, indivisible unit. | |
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Retrieves a collection of attributes of the object. | |
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Sets or retrieves the space between the frames, including the 3-D border. | |
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Sets or retrieves the border color of the object. | |
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Gets a value indicating whether the object can contain child objects. | |
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Retrieves the value indicating whether the object can contain rich HTML markup. | |
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Retrieves the number of immediate child nodes of the current element or a zero if the element does not contain any child nodes. childElementCount does not return all child nodes, only child nodes that are nodeType =1, or element nodes. | |
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Sets or retrieves the class of the object. | |
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Sets or retrieves the frame widths of the object. This property is not supported for Windows apps using JavaScript. | |
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Returns a reference to the constructor of an object. | |
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Gets a reference to the first child in the childNodes collection of the object. | |
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Retrieves a reference to the first child element, or NULL if there are no child elements. | |
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Sets or retrieves whether to display a border for the frame. | |
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Sets or retrieves the amount of additional space between the frames. | |
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Sets or gets the value that indicates whether the object visibly shows that it has focus. | |
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Sets or retrieves the string identifying the object. | |
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Sets or retrieves the HTML between the start and end tags of the object. | |
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Sets or retrieves the text between the start and end tags of the object. | |
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Gets the value that indicates whether the user can edit the contents of the object. | |
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Gets the value that indicates whether the user can interact with the object. | |
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Retrieves the value indicating whether the content of the object contains one or more lines. | |
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Retrieves whether a TextRange object can be created using the object. | |
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Sets or retrieves the language to use. | |
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Sets or retrieves the language in which the current script is written. Note This has been superceded by the type attribute for the script element. If you are using javascript alone, you don't need to specify a type or language with the script element.
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Gets a reference to the last child in the childNodes collection of an object. | |
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Retrieves a reference to the last child element or NULL if there are no child elements. | |
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Sets or retrieves the frame name. | |
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Retrieves a reference to the sibling element that immediately follows or NULL if the element does not have any sibling elements that follow it. | |
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Retrieves a reference to the next child of the parent for the object. | |
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Gets the name of a particular type of node. | |
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Retrieves the type of the requested node. | |
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Gets or sets the value of a node. | |
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Retrieves the height of the object relative to the layout or coordinate parent, as specified by the offsetParent property. | |
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Retrieves a reference to the container object that defines the offsetTop and offsetLeft properties of the object. | |
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Retrieves the width of the object relative to the layout or coordinate parent, as specified by the offsetParent property. | |
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Sets or retrieves the object and its content in HTML. | |
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Sets or retrieves the text of the object. | |
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Retrieves the document object associated with the node. | |
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Retrieves the parent object in the object hierarchy. | |
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Retrieves the parent object in the document hierarchy. | |
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Retrieves the container object in the document hierarchy that can be used to create a TextRange containing the original object. | |
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Retrieves a reference to the immediately preceding sibling element or NULL if the element does not have any preceding siblings. | |
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Gets a reference to the previous child of the parent for the object. | |
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Retrieves the current state of the object. | |
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Retrieves the ordinal record from the data set that generated the object. | |
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Sets or retrieves the role for this element. | |
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Sets or retrieves the frame heights of the object. | |
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Gets the namespace defined for the element. This property is not supported for Windows apps using JavaScript. | |
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Retrieves the ordinal position of the object, in source order, as the object appears in the document's all collection. | |
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Sets or retrieves the index that defines the tab order for the object. | |
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Retrieves the tag name of the object. | |
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Sets or gets the URN specified in the namespace declaration. This property is not supported for Windows apps using JavaScript. | |
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Sets or retrieves advisory information (a ToolTip) for the object. | |
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Retrieves an autogenerated, unique identifier for the object. | |
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Retrieves the element's unique number. | |
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Sets or retrieves the width of the object. |
Standards information
- Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification, Section 1.6.5
- HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 16.2.1
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.
If a user opens a folder inside a frame and then clicks something in the 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 application cannot host, such as .txt files, a separate window in the appropriate host application is opened.
A 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.
Security Warning: To protect user privacy and safeguard your applications, Windows 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.
Examples
This example uses the frameset element to define three columns of rectangular frames in a document.
<frameset cols="25%, 50%, *"> <frame src="contents.htm"> <frame src="info.htm"> <frame scrolling="no" src="graphic.htm"> </frameset>
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