Name
Frame — a type of Window object
Availability
JavaScript 1.0
Synopsis
window
.frames[i
]window
.frames.length frames[i
] frames.length
Description
Though the Frame object is sometimes referred to, there is, strictly speaking, no such object. All frames within a browser window are instances of the Window object, and they contain the same properties and support the same methods and event handlers as the Window object. See the Window object and its properties, methods, and event handlers for details.
There are a few practical differences between Window objects that represent top-level browser windows and those that represent frames within a browser window, however:
When the
defaultStatus
property is set for a frame, the specified status message is visible only when the mouse is within that frame.The
top
andparent
properties of a top-level browser window always refer to the top-level window itself. These properties are really useful only for frames.The
close( )
method is not useful for Window objects that are frames.
See Also
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