Name
MARGINHEIGHT, MARGINWIDTH — NN n/a IE 3 HTML 4
Synopsis
MARGINHEIGHT=”pixelCount" MARGINWIDTH=”pixelCount"
Optional
Determine the number of pixels between the inner edge of a frame and
the content rendered inside the frame. The
MARGINHEIGHT
attribute controls space along the
top and (when scrolled) the bottom edges of a frame; the
MARGINWIDTH
attribute controls space on the left
and right edges of a frame. The HTML 4.0 specification leaves default
behavior up to browsers.
Without any prompting, Internet Explorer 4 automatically inserts a margin of 14 (Windows) or 8 (Macintosh) pixels inside a frame. But if you attempt to override the default behavior, be aware that setting any one of these two attributes causes the value of the other to go to zero. Therefore, unless you want the content to be absolutely flush with various frame edges, you need to assign values to both attributes. Due to the disparity in default values for each operating system, you cannot assign truly default values to these attributes.
Example
<IFRAME SRC="navbar.html" MARGINHEIGHT=20 MARGINWIDTH=14></IFRAME>
Value
Any positive integer value or zero.
Default
14
(Windows) or 8
(Macintosh).
Object Model Reference
- IE
[window.]document.frameName.marginHeight
[window.]document.frameName.marginWidth
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