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HTML Frameset Tag


HTML <frameset> Tag Not Supported in HTML5

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Description

The <frameset> tag defines a collection of frames or other framesets.

The following table summarizes the usages context and the version history of this tag.

Placement: Block
Content: <frameset><frame><noframes>
Start/End Tag: Start tag: required, End tag: required
Version: HTML 4 and 4.01 (frameset)

Warning: Do not use this tag since it is a non-standard tag. This tag has been removed in HTML5 and shouldn't be used anymore. Use HTML <iframe>, instead.


Syntax

The basic syntax of the <frameset> tag is given with:

HTML / XHTML: <frameset cols="[ number | percentage | * ] ,..." rows="[ number | percentage | * ] ,..."> ... </frameset>

The example below shows the <frameset> tag in action.

Example

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Frameset//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/frameset.dtd">
<html>
<head>
    <title>This is a frameset document.</title>
</head>
<frameset>
    <frame src="sample-a.html" name="frame-a">
    <frame src="sample-b.html" name="frame-b">
</frameset>
</html>