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FramesMainFrameName

Description:

Tells HierMenus the name of the content frame in which the menus should be displayed in standard cross-frame implementations.

Value:

String, or JavaScript expression that returns a string.

Applies To:

Globally.

Browser Compatibility:

FramesMainFrameName is supported in all browsers.

Comments:

When setting up your frameset for use with HierMenus in a standard cross-frames implementation, you must include a name attribute in the frame tag that will contain the pages over which the actual menus will be displayed. It is this name that you must also include in FramesMainFrameName.

FramesMainFrameName is case-sensitive; it must match the name attribute in the content frame's frame tag exactly.

FramesMainFrameName is only meaningful in standard cross-frames implementations. In alternate cross-frames implementations, FramesMainFrameName is ignored. See the HierMenus version 6 Setup Instructions for further details on the two types of cross-frames implementations.

Examples:

// Ok:
FramesMainFrameName:"contentFrame",
FramesMainFrameName:"mainFrame",

// Incorrect:
FramesMainFrameName:main,
FramesMainFrameName:"top",
   // "top," "parent," "window", and "self" are strongly
   // discouraged, because these terms have special meaning
   // in JavaScript windows

Default:

"main"

See Also:

FrameseNavFramePos, HM_FramesEnabled