Think of a frame as a mini document window; each frame contains a separate Web page. When you click inside the frame, you can add images, text, and other elements to the page. Click inside another frame to edit that frame's Web page.
However, since framesets aren't visible elements of a Web page, Dreamweaver provides
a special windowthe Frames panelthat provides a simple visual overview of frames and framesets, making it easier for you to select and modify them. To open
it, choose Window
Selecting a frameset lets you save it and modify its properties, such as frame size and whether or not there are borders, as described in Section 9.5. There are several ways to select a frameset:
Click the thick border around the edges of the frames in the Frames panel. The border becomes a solid black line to indicate the frameset is selected.
Move the cursor over a frame border in the document window, slowly if necessary,
until it changes to a double-headed arrow; then click to select the border.
(This works only if frame borders are visible on the page: Choose View
Here, frames keep the site
identity (top banner) and
navigation (left sidebar)
visible. This site is made of
three frames (numbered)
and two framesets. To create
this design, start with
a frameset divided into
two horizontal rows. Click
the bottom frame; choose
Modify
The <frameset> tag also appears in the tag selector, providing yet another way to select a frameset. (Make sure you've first inserted the cursor, or selected text or graphics, inside a frame page.)
Selecting a frame lets you save it and modify its properties, including margins and scroll bars, as described in Section 9.5.3. To select a frame, do one of the following:
Click a frame in the Frames panel.
Alt-click (Shift-Option-click) a frame in the document window.