To
use a link in one frame to open a document in another frame, you must set a
target for the link. The target attribute of a link specifies the frame or
window in which the linked content opens. For example, if you r navigation bar
is in the left frame, and you want the linked material to appear in the main
content frame on the right, you must specify the name of the main content frame
as the target for each of the navigation bar links. When a visitor clicks a
navigation link, the specified content opens in the main frame.
To
select a frame in which to open a file, use the Target pop-up menu in the
Property inspector. You can set a file to replace the document being displayed
in another frame, to appear in place of the entire frameset, to appear in the
frame where the link was (by not choosing a target), or to open in a new
browser window.
To target a frame:
1.
In Design view, select text or an object.
2.
In the Link field of the Property inspector, do one of
the following:
Click the folder icon and select
the file to link to.
Drag the Point to file icon to
select the file to link to.
3.
In the target pop-up menu, choose the frame or window
in which the linked document should appear.
If you named your frames in the
Property inspector, the frame names appear in this menu. Select a named frame
to open the linked document in that frame.
Blank opens the linked document in
a new browser window, leaving the current window untouched.
_parent opens the linked document
in the parent frameset of the frame the link appears in, replacing the entire
frameset.
_self opens the link in the current
frame, replacing the content in that frame.
_top opens the linked document in
the current browser window, replacing all frames.
Setting frame Property inspector options
Use the
Property inspector to name a frame and to set borders and margins.
Tip: to make a link change the contents of another frame,
you must name the target frame. To make it easier to create cross-frame links
later, name each of your frames when you create it.
To specify properties for the selected frame:
1.
Name the frame.
Frame Name is the name used by a
link’s target attribute or by a script to refer to the frame.
Note: A frame name must be a
single word; underscores (_) are allowed, but hyphens (-), periods (.), and
spaces are not. A frame name must start with a letter (as opposed to a
numeral). Frame names are case –sensitive. Don’t use terms that are reserved
words in JavaScript (such as top or navigator) as frame names.
2.
Chang the following options as desire:
Src specifies the source document
to display in the frame. Click the folder icon to browse to and select a file.
You can also open a file in a frame by placing the insertion point in the frame
and choosing file > Open in free.
Scroll specifies whether scroll
bars appear in the frame. Setting this option to Default doesn't set a value
for the corresponding attribute, allowing each browser to use its default
value. Most browser default to Auto, meaning that scroll bars appear only when
there is not enough room in browser window to display the full contents of the
current frame.
No Re-size prevents visitors from
dragging the frame borders to re size the frame in a browser. (you can always
resize frames in Dreamweaver: this option applies only to visitors viewing the
frames in a browser.)
Borders shows or hides the borders
of the current frame when it’s viewed in a browser. Choosing a borders option
for a frame overrides the frameset’s border settings. The option are Yes (show
borders), No (hide borders), and Default; most browsers default to showing
borders, unless the parent frameset has borders set to No. A border is hidden
only when all frames that share the border have Borders set to No. A border is
hidden only when all frames that share the border have Borders set to No, or
when the parent frameset’s Borders property is set to No and the frames sharing
the border have Borders set to Default.
Border Color sets a border color
for all to the frame’s borders. This color applies to all borders that touch
the frame, and overrides the specified border color of the frameset.
Note: There is an underlying logic
to which frame borders have a given border color applied to them, but that
logic is complex; it may be difficult to understand why certain borders change
color when you specify a border color. For detailed information about the
effects of specifying border colors, see a book on frames and framesets.
3.
Set the Following margin options if you wish (if margin
options aren't visible, click the expander arrow in the lower right corner of
the Property inspector):
Margin Width sets the width in
pixels of the left and right margins (the space between the frame borders and
the content).
Margin Height sets the height in
pixels of the top and bottom margins (the space between the frame borders and
the content).
Note: Setting the margin width and
height for a frame is not the same as setting margins in the Modify > Page
Properties dialog box.
To specify border properties for the selected frameset:
Change the
following options as desired:
Borders determine whether borders should appear around
frames when the document is viewed in a browser. To display borders, select
Yes; to prevent the browser from displaying borders, select No., To allow the
browser to determine how borders are displayed, select Default.
Border Width specifies a width for all the borders in the
frameset.
Border color sets a color for the borders. Use the color
picker to select a color, or type the hexadecimal value for a color.
