Quick, and possibly stupid HTML question.

[Zero]

I've got two frames. Well, three actually. When the user clicks a link in Frame A, I need Frame B to display one page and Frame C to display another. Anyone know how to do this? I can do it with Javascript, but frankly I'd rather not. Can you do this with straight HTML?

~Zero the Inestimable

[scoutt]

well I don't think it is possible to open 2 pages at once with one link with pure html. you could however link to one page and then on that page have an onLoad() funtion in the body that loads the other page in the other frame.

[JoshT]

I agree with scoutt, you can't do it with straight HTML. You have to fire a javascript function on the link click that sets the href or both other frames.

[Zero]

I hate Javascript. Oh well, I guess it can't be avoided in this case...

~Zero the Inestimable

[CiberTHuG]

What's the problem with JavaScript?

[Zero]

It slows things down, it reduces your site's compatability with browsers, and I always surf with it turned off... Stops those damn the popup ads.

Here's round two: Can I control the margins in an HTML document? As a quick example, put one line of 12 point text on an otherwise blank page. Now put that page in a 15 pixel high frame. Theoretically, 15 pixels is more than enough to show a single line of 12 point text... But browsers are stupid and put a margin on the top of every page, and the top of the text falls exactly 2 pixels below the bottom edge of the frame...

So, can you mess with margins in HTML?

~Zero the Inestimable

[scoutt]

well I agree with the popup ads but javascripts is compatible with 99% of all browsers.

and yes you can set the margins. in the body tag put "topmargin=0" I think,
it also does right margin and left as well but I could be wrong.

[Zero]

Thanks.

~Zero the Inestimable

[JoshT]

topmargin=0 is IE. Netscape would use marginheight=0. I'm not sure if either has been added to the HTML standards yet.

[scoutt]

thanks Josh, I couldn't remember that one.

[sail3005]

Originally posted by JoshT
topmargin=0 is IE. Netscape would use marginheight=0. I'm not sure if either has been added to the HTML standards yet.

The only standard way to do it is to use the BODY element in css, and set the padding to 0.