Setting frame margins, scrollbars, and borders

You can adjust the left and top margins of a frame (the empty space between a frame’s borders and its content) in pixel units. If you don’t specify the margins, Web browsers apply their own default margins.

To specify the left or top margin of a frame
  1. Click inside the frame to make it active. (The active frame is shown with a blue border.)
  2. On the Layout menu, go to the Property group, and then click Frame Properties.
  3. Enter a number of pixels in either or both of the Left margin and Top margin boxes.

You can specify for each frame in a frameset whether it should have scrollbars. The Auto setting means scrollbars will appear only when necessary.

To specify scrollbars for a frame
  1. Click inside the frame to make it active. (The active frame is shown with a blue border.)
  2. On the Layout menu, go to the Property group, and then click Frame Properties.
  3. Click the Scrollbar box and select an option.

You can specify the width of the border around every frame in a frameset, and whether users can resize a frame by dragging its border.

To set the border width (applies to all frames)
  1. On the Layout menu, go to the Property group, and then click Frame Properties.
  2. Enter a number of pixels in the Border thickness box.
To specify whether a frame can be resized
  1. Click inside the frame to make it active. (The active frame is shown with a blue border.)
  2. On the Layout menu, go to the Property group, and then click Frame Properties.
  3. Select or clear the Enable frame resizing in browser check box.
Related topics

Modifying frameset document properties

Setting frame margins, scrollbars, and borders