Frames divide your Web Page into separate regions (Frames). You can work with each frame separately.

You can access Frames, Framesets and frame sources in following ways:

Operations marked (adv.) are for advanced users and are available only in the last two of the listed sources.

You can perform the following operations with Frames:

You can perform the following operations with FrameSets:

You can perform the following operations with frame Sources:

 

Resize Frame. There are several ways to resize a frame. The simplest is to drag a frame divider and release it in a new position. But this will not affect a setting for a frame size type (%, pixels or auto).

To change size of a frame and define a type of the size, select the frame and choose Rename Frame... from the Frames menu. In the Frame Name and Size dialog box, you can change the frame size and a size type. You can also select a frameset containing the frame (from the Frame Manager window) and choose FrameSet Properties. This will open the FrameSet Properties dialog box where you can make the changes described earlier in the paragraph.

Rename Frame. To rename a frame, select a frame in the Frame Manager window, click once more on the Frame name, and type a new name in a bounding box around the frame name. Or right-click on the frame's icon (or name) and choose Rename from a pop-up menu. You can also rename a frame in the Frame Name and Size dialog box by choosing Frames>Rename Frame...

Delete Frame. To delete a frame, select the frame, right click on it and choose Delete Frame. A confirmation dialog box is displayed. If you click Yes, the frame will be deleted. If you click No, no changes will be made.

 You cannot delete a frame if it is the only frame in the page.

Split Frame. You can split a frame horizontally or vertically. Each time you split a frame, it gets divided into two equal parts.

To split a frame horizontally or vertically, select the frame and choose Split Horizontally or Split Vertically.

Insert Header/Footer. To insert a Header or a Footer in your frame, select the frame in the Frame Manager window, right click on it and choose Insert Header/Footer... In the Insert Header/Footer dialog box, select a header and a footer from the list of available headers and footers. 

Insert Frame Source. To insert a new source into a frame, select the frame, right click on its name, and choose Insert Frame-Source Overlay... In the Insert Frame-Source Overlay dialog box, type a name of the frame source. 

Set As Main. If you set a frame as main, it inherits properties set in the Logical Layout (i.e. Headers and Footers). To set a frame as a Main Frame, select the frame, right click on it and choose Set As Main. Only one frame in a page can be Main.

Change Visual Settings of a Frame. To set a frame Visual Settings, select the frame, right click on it and choose Visual Settings to open the Frame Visual Settings dialog box.

Change Properties of a frame. To change Properties of a frame, select the frame in the Frame Manager window, right click on it and choose Properties to open the Frame Properties dialog box. In this box, you can turn a frame scrolling feature on/off or set it to Auto. If you check the Resizable checkbox, you will be able to manually resize a frame in a preview browser. You can also set a desired margins height and width an the appropriate fields.  

Delete Frameset (adv.). To delete a frameset, select the frameset and choose Delete Frameset.

 You cannot delete a frameset if it is at the top level.

Split Frameset (adv.). You can split a frameset horizontally or vertically. The frameset gets divided into two equal parts.

To split a frameset horizontally or vertically, select the frameset and choose Split Horizontally or Split Vertically.

Insert Frame (adv.). To insert a frame into a frameset, select the frameset in the Frame Manager window and choose Insert Frame. This will open Insert/Modify Frame dialog where you can change Name and Size of a frame, and also set a type of its size. The frame will be of the same orientation as other frames in the same frameset.

Change Properties of a Frameset. To change Properties of a Frameset, select the Frameset in the Frame Manager window and choose Properties. In the Frameset Properties dialog box, set properties of the frameset. 

Rename frame source. To rename a frame source, select the frame source in the Frame Manager window and right click on it to choose Rename. In a bounding box around the Frame Source name, type in a new name of the frame source. 

Delete frame source. To delete a frame source, select the frame source in the Frame Manager window, right click on it and choose Delete.

 You cannot delete the default frame source.

Move Up/Down (adv.). You can move a frame source up or down in the list of frame sources. To move a frame source, select the frame source and choose Move Up or Move Down.

Set as Default frame source. When a site visitor opens a page, Default frame sources get loaded in all the page frames. To set a frame source to be a default one, select the frame source and choose Set As Default.

Change frame source Visual Settings. To set the Visual Settings, select a frame source on the page, right click inside it and choose Visual Settings in the Frame Source Visual Settings dialog box.