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  • Overview
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  • Nesting the framesets
  • Changing a support frame into a standard frame
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Warning
From version 18, the framesets are available for backward compatibility with the former sites. However, they are not supported in HTML 5 and they are not recommended for the referencing and/or for the navigation from mobile devices.
We advise you to replace the framesets by pages that share page templates and/or control templates.
Overview
By default, a frameset is used to display several pages in the same window of the browser. It is possible for one of the pages displayed in the frameset to be a frameset itself: this is known as "nested framesets".
The nested framesets can be used to perform outstanding page layout for example.
For example:
How to?

Nesting the framesets

To nest the framesets:
  1. Display the main frameset in the page editor.
  2. Select the frame where the frameset should be displayed. The outline of selected frame appears in red.
  3. On the "Page" tab, in the "Edit" group, expand "Frame" and select "In support frame".
  4. Display the description of the support frame ("Description" in the context menu of the support frame).
  5. Select the project page corresponding to the frameset to display.
    Please note: The frameset will not be displayed in the editor, but only when the project or page is running.
  6. The initial state of the frameset is automatically updated: the new initial state of the frameset takes into account the support frame.
    Please note: Most browsers do not support recursive frameset nesting. You cannot:
    • nest the frameset N in the frameset N.
    • nest a frameset containing the frameset N in the frameset N.

Changing a support frame into a standard frame

To change a support frame into a standard frame:
  1. Display the main frameset in the page editor.
  2. Select the support frame. The outline of selected frame appears in red.
  3. On the "Page" tab, in the "Edit" group, expand "Frame" and select "In standard frame".
Warning: This operation does not change the initial state of the current frameset: the initial state still contains the support frame. To define the initial frameset status, on the "Page" tab, in the "Edit" group, expand "Frame" and select "Define the initial status".
Minimum version required
  • Version 9
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Last update: 10/17/2024

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