Internet Explorer Floating Frames

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Published on: Tuesday 8th April 1997 By: Martin Webb

With normal frames defined using the <FRAMESET> tag, it is possible to access the frame from JavaScript using either the frame name defined with the NAME attribute or using the frames array using frames[x], where x is the index number of the frame within the FRAMESET.

With Microsofts implementation of floating frames which can be used and defined within any window using the <IFRAME> tag (see Source Files), it is only possible to access the frame by the frames array.

For example if we have two frames called display and nav, where display contains a floating frame called floater it is possible to change the contents of the floater frame from within the display using:

parent.display.frames[0].location.href = 'newfile.htm'

but NOT with:

parent.display.floater.location.href = 'newfile.htm'

Which would cause the error floater is not an object.

Why not try out this example!

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