Name

FRAME — NN n/a IE 3 HTML 4

Synopsis

FRAME=”frameConstant"

Optional

Defines which (if any) sides of a table’s outer border (set with the BORDER attribute) are rendered. This attribute does not affect the interior borders between cells. Including the BORDER attribute without assigning any value to it is the same as setting the FRAME attribute to border.

Example

<TABLE BORDER=3 FRAME="void">...</TABLE>

Value

Any one case-insensitive frame constant:

above

Renders border along top edge of table only

below

Renders border along bottom edge of table only

border

Renders all four sides of the border (default in IE)

box

Renders all four sides of the border (same as border)

hsides

Renders borders on top and bottom edges of table only (a nice look)

lhs

Renders border on left edge of table only

rhs

Renders border on right edge of table only

void

Hides all borders (default in HTML 4.0)

vsides

Renders borders on left and right edges of table only

Default

Navigator: void (when BORDER=0); border (when BORDER is any other value). Internet Explorer: border.

Object Model Reference

IE

[window.]document.all.elementID.frame

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