Button to open html doc in different frame

mervin · Apr 9, 2008

Hello;

I am brand new to Javascript.
For a frameset html page: How do I get my navigation buttons (in a
separate frame at left) to open an html document in a different
frame? I have unsuccessfully experimented with
onClick="jumpto2 ......",

I need to get the button to go to a different frame and html document,
and also to an html anchor in that document.

I'm having a bit of trouble getting info on this, and thank you for
any help.

Thanks;

Bob Donaldson

Doug Gunnoe · Apr 9, 2008

Hello;

I am brand new to Javascript.
For a frameset html page: How do I get my navigation buttons (in a
separate frame at left) to open an html document in a different
frame? I have unsuccessfully experimented with
onClick="jumpto2 ......",

I need to get the button to go to a different frame and html document,
and also to an html anchor in that document.

I'm having a bit of trouble getting info on this, and thank you for
any help.

Thanks;

Bob Donaldson

if just a hyperlink, all you got to do is use the target attribute
like so, where MAIN is the frame you're after.

<a href="somepage.html" target=MAIN>

Anyway, here is what I came up with for buttons. The following is in
the left sidebar in my example.

<html>
<head>
<script>
var mainFrame;
function getMainFrame(){
mainFrame = parent.document.getElementById('main');
}

function loadPage(myURL){
mainFrame.src = myURL;
}

</script>
</head>

<body onload="getMainFrame();">

<input type="button" onclick="loadPage('http://google.com');"
value="Click me" />

</body>

</html>

and in the frameset, give the frame an id of 'main'

<FRAMESET COLS="20%,*">
<FRAME SRC="test1.html" NAME=SIDEBAR>
<FRAME id="main" SRC="test2.html" NAME=MAIN>
</FRAMESET>

Probably easier way to do this, but at any rate, get an object
reference to the frame you want and then set the src attribute.

Hope that helps and good luck.

bobd · Apr 9, 2008

if just a hyperlink, all you got to do is use the target attribute
like so, where MAIN is the frame you're after.

<a href="somepage.html" target=MAIN>

Anyway, here is what I came up with for buttons. The following is in
the left sidebar in my example.

<html>
<head>
<script>
var mainFrame;
function getMainFrame(){
mainFrame = parent.document.getElementById('main');

}

function loadPage(myURL){
mainFrame.src = myURL;

}

</script>
</head>

<body onload="getMainFrame();">

<input type="button" onclick="loadPage('http://google.com');"
value="Click me" />

</body>

</html>

and in the frameset, give the frame an id of 'main'

<FRAMESET COLS="20%,*">
<FRAME SRC="test1.html" NAME=SIDEBAR>
<FRAME id="main" SRC="test2.html" NAME=MAIN>
</FRAMESET>

Probably easier way to do this, but at any rate, get an object
reference to the frame you want and then set the src attribute.

Hope that helps and good luck.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Thank you very much for your help, Doug.

Sincerely;

Bob Donaldson

Doug Gunnoe · Apr 10, 2008

Thank you very much for your help, Doug.

Sincerely;

Bob Donaldson

Your welcome.

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