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frameBorder attribute (frame, frameset, iframe)

Browser support:

Sets whether the frame is surrounded by a 3-D border.

Note that the value of the frameBorder attribute affects the border of the frame element in Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome and Safari, while in Internet Explorer it specifies whether a client border should be displayed around the document window of the frame. In other words, the border and the frameBorder of the frame are different in Internet Explorer, the frameBorder is placed within, while the border is placed around the padding of the frame.

JavaScript page for this attribute: frameBorder. You can find other example(s) there.

Possible values:

String that sets the state of the border.

One of the following values:

No border is drawn.

Default. Frame border is drawn.

No border is drawn.

yes

Frame border is drawn.

Default: 1.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the frameBorder attribute:

Code

frame_noborder.htm

frame_border.htm

<iframe src="frame_noborder.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe>
<br /><br />
<iframe src="frame_border.htm" frameborder="1"></iframe>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
</head>
<body style="background-color:#fbd8a4;">
    <h1>A frame without border.</h1>
</body>
</html>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
</head>
<body style="background-color:#fbd8a4;">
    <h1>A frame with border.</h1>
</body>
</html>