IFrames

[Bah! Name]

Hi

What are inline frames?

[cgraz]

http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/html/iframe.html
http://www.freedomscientific.com/HTML_challenge/files/frames_demo3.html
http://www.manda.com/iframe/

Cgraz

[Bah! Name]

Nice. Thanks.

Can I have an inline frame that has a border that makes it look more like part of the same page (that contains it) for aesthetic purposes?

[stolzyboy]

this is the tag and all its available associated attributes

keep in mind, i think iframe only works with IE

<iframe align="" class="" frameborder="" height="" hspace="" id="" marginheight="" marginwidth="" name="" scrolling="" src="" style="" title="" vspace="" width="">

[Bah! Name]

If I open an html page in an Iframe, is it possible to pass a variable to the html file in the iframe that a PHP script can access?

Can I re-open/refresh just the iframe html page without having to refresh the container page?

thanks in advance

[stolzyboy]

i don't know for certain, but i don't see why not

what the heck, give it a whirl

[clearbreach]

Originally posted by stolzyboy
keep in mind, i think iframe only works with IE

IFRAMEs work quite well in my Mozilla (v1.2.1) browser and supposedly any other browser that supports HTML4.0 (or as is my understanding). Hope that helps.

[stolzyboy]

that could very well be, the last time i used an iframe was a year ago or so, so i wasn't sure, i just don't use them

[paulg]

Take a look at my Dubmeister site (http://www.dubmeister.co.uk) and click on the 'Whats New' menu bar. The news items displayed are in an <iframe...>:rolleyes:

[goldbug]

Man, that site looks familiar...

:) :) <---(loves his vw)

[crosbystillsnas]

so what would you prefer?

iframe or div with overflow: auto...?

and whats the difference?

[Weedpacket]

I'd prefer the latter, myself - mainly because it fits the DOM, so you've got all that and its CSS to play with (hiding and resizing, for example). But an iframe has its uses - it provides a dumping point for the results of remote scripting calls (e.g., Javascript functions that fill out and submit hidden forms that target the iframe; the iframe loads the server's response and the response's onload() handler shovels returned data back into the page).