Dynamically changing frameset layout (closing frames, reopening frames, etc)

**Martin Honnen** · Jul 20 '05, 08:54 AM

Re: Dynamically changing frameset layout (closing frames, reopeningframes , etc)

JP wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> How can I create a dynamic frameset whose content changes based on
> user inputs?
>
> Specifically, how do I toggle a frame within a frameset? How can I
> allow a user to "close" or "dock" a frame by clicking on some button
> and let the parent update its frameset layout?
>
> What I've been trying to do is for the child frame to send a message
> to the parent, noting that a "close" event is issued, and parent
> updates the frameset html... however that's just not working out, as
> in I cannot seem to modify *only* the frameset parts... the whole
> parent page seems to lose out (so other variables within the parent
> page are lost with the new frameset html).
>
> How can I achieve a frameset that allows docking frames??[/color]

With IE6/Win and with Netscape 7 the following allows showing/hiding the
left frame:

<html>
<head>
<title>toggli ng a frame in a frameset</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function toggleFrame () {
top.leftFrameVi sible = !top.leftFrameV isible;
parent.document .body.cols = top.leftFrameVi sible ? '50%, *' : '0, *';
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input type="button" value="toggle left frame"
onclick="toggle Frame();">
</body>
</html>

<html>
<head>
<title>Toggli ng a frame</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
var leftFrameVisibl e = true;
</script>
</head>
<frameset cols="50%, *">
<frame src="test200307 07.html">
<frame src="test200307 07.html">
</frameset>
</html>

As far as I remember it doesn't work with Netscape 6 as the dynamic
change of rows/cols has been implemented later.
And it doesn't work with Opera 7, the frame size is not changed at all.

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Dynamically changing frameset layout (closing frames, reopening frames, etc)

Dynamically changing frameset layout (closing frames, reopening frames, etc)

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