NAME Attribute | name Property | Internet Development Index |
Sets or retrieves the frame name.
Syntax
HTML <ELEMENT NAME = sName... > Scripting object.name [ = sName ]
Possible Values
sName String that specifies or receives an arbitrary name used to identify the object. The property is read/write. The property has no default value.
Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.
Remarks
The name property identifies which frame displays the content of a linked document.
Examples
This example uses scripting to set the name property of a frame.
parent.frames[0].name="Left";This example shows how the NAME attribute for a window can be persisted in HTML, but only when defined in a frame within a freamset.
<FRAMESET> <FRAME NAME="Left" SRC="blank.htm"> <FRAME NAME="Right" SRC="contents.htm"> </FRAMESET>
Standards Information
This property is defined in HTML 4.0 and is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .
Applies To
FRAME, FRAMESET, IFRAME