New to iFrames

[S W]

Hi,

Is it possible to (simply!) set the src of an iframe from a hyperlink
outside of the iframe, but on the same page?

So by clicking on a button, link, whatever, the iframe's src can be changed
to a different page?

Thanks in advance,

SW

[David Dorward]

Re: New to iFrames

S W wrote:
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> Is it possible to (simply!) set the src of an iframe from a hyperlink
> outside of the iframe, but on the same page?[/color]

http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/present/frames.html#h-16.3

.... but its almost certainly a better idea to give up on iframes and look
for an alternative.

http://allmyfaqs.net/faq.pl?Problems_with_using_frames

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[S W]

Re: New to iFrames

"David Dorward" <dorward@yahoo. com> wrote in message
news:e5ksdl$du7 $1$830fa7a5@new s.demon.co.uk.. .[color=blue]
>S W wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Is it possible to (simply!) set the src of an iframe from a hyperlink
>> outside of the iframe, but on the same page?[/color]
>
> http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/present/frames.html#h-16.3
>
> ... but its almost certainly a better idea to give up on iframes and look
> for an alternative.
>
> http://allmyfaqs.net/faq.pl?Problems_with_using_frames
>
> --
> David Dorward <http://blog.dorward.me .uk/> <http://dorward.me.uk/>
> Home is where the ~/.bashrc is[/color]

David,

Thanks for the assistance. It /is/ easy to change the file showing in an
iframe. I have come across so many warnings about frames before, I thought
iFrames were different! There is no specific reference to them in your
second link.
However, I will look at using css instead.

Regards,
SW

[David Dorward]

Re: New to iFrames

S W wrote:
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> Thanks for the assistance. It /is/ easy to change the file showing in an
> iframe. I have come across so many warnings about frames before, I thought
> iFrames were different![/color]

They are - browser support for them is worse. They still have the same
problems as regular frames though.


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