Need replacement for IFRAMEs

[M.L.]

One of the messages I read here indicated that IFRAMEs are deprecated,
but did not mention an appropriate html replacement. Can someone
explain what has replaced it? Thanks.

[Arne]

Re: Need replacement for IFRAMEs

Once upon a time *M.L.* wrote:
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> One of the messages I read here indicated that IFRAMEs are deprecated,
> but did not mention an appropriate html replacement. Can someone
> explain what has replaced it? Thanks.[/color]

No HTML, but CSS

http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/visufx.html#propdef-overflow

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[Spartanicus]

Re: Need replacement for IFRAMEs

M.L. <me@privacy.net > wrote:
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>One of the messages I read here indicated that IFRAMEs are deprecated,[/color]

Incorrect, just not allowed under strict doctypes.
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>but did not mention an appropriate html replacement. Can someone
>explain what has replaced it?[/color]

It hasn't been deprecated, however if you want to know if there is an
alternative that is allowed under strict then object is the answer.

Note that including html via object is just as problematic as iframes,
in fact anything that creates a scrollbar inside the viewport causes
issues.

The real solution is to link to another document if you don't want to
display the full content of another html document in another. Or stop it
if you think that in-document scrollbars are funky.

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[dwight.stegall@gmail.com]

Re: Need replacement for IFRAMEs

If you are trying to load other pages into your current page then
Iframe is the only way to do that. If you simply want to section off a
portion of your page so it will scroll then you can use style sheets
like below.

<div style="width:50 0px; height:200px; overflow:auto;" >
Your content goes here.
</div>

I have seen some articles that say you can use the <object> tag. This
only works if you ONLY want to load one page into your current page. I
haven't found any way to use Javascript to load more pages into it.

For a single page do this.

<object data="yourpage. html" width="500" height="200"></object>

[Alan J. Flavell]

Re: Need replacement for IFRAMEs



On Mon, 4 Jul 2005, M.L. wrote:
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> One of the messages I read here indicated that IFRAMEs are deprecated,[/color]

So check the applicable specification. "deprecated " is a technical term
with a specific meaning. It's not a matter of some usenaut's opinion.
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> but did not mention an appropriate html replacement.[/color]

Why should there be one? Frames are an attempt by authors to reduce the
options that are available to the user. The web is an attempt in maximise
the options that are available to the user. The two are mutually
exclusive.

[M.L.]

Re: Need replacement for IFRAMEs

[color=blue]
>If you are trying to load other pages into your current page then
>Iframe is the only way to do that. If you simply want to section off a
>portion of your page so it will scroll then you can use style sheets
>like below.
>
><div style="width:50 0px; height:200px; overflow:auto;" >
>Your content goes here.
></div>
>
>I have seen some articles that say you can use the <object> tag. This
>only works if you ONLY want to load one page into your current page. I
>haven't found any way to use Javascript to load more pages into it.
>
>For a single page do this.
>
><object data="yourpage. html" width="500" height="200"></object>[/color]

I'd like to thank you, Spartanicus, and Arne for your prompt replies.
I'll probably stick with the IFRAME solution, but will definitely try
the OBJECT and DIV methods as an experiment. Thanks everyone.