sort of frames question

[William D Faris]

Hello,

I am not a html expert but i have been asked to build a web based console.
The design calls for the main screen to be split by a horizontal divider.
Content A goes above the divider, Content B goes below the divider. If
content A cannot fit in the allocated space scroll bars should appear
etc...

So I kind of need the behavior of frames without frames because clicks on
submit elements in Content B need to update Content A and Content B and
vice versa. Its really one web page but i need to be able to have frame
like behavior. has anyone done something like this? any ideas what html
4.0 objects i should be using?

Thanks.

 

[Andy Dingley]

So I kind of need the behavior of frames

So use frames. If you want the scrolling behaviour, then you're looking
at frames (or possibly an iframe, but I don't see any real benefits
there).

Your cross-clicking problem is a DHTML / JavaScript problem, which is
fairly simply to sort out with a reasonable tutorial or reference - it's
just not hard.

 

[Toby Inkster]

I am not a html expert but i have been asked to build a web based console.
The design calls for the main screen to be split by a horizontal divider.
Content A goes above the divider, Content B goes below the divider.

Content B is (I suppose) the bit where one types. Content A is (I suppose)
the output.

You will have better luck putting the typing bit at the *top* and the
output at the bottom, with the newest output above the oldest output.

Then it's simple -- you don't need to have any frame-like effect at all!