Changing one frame when user clicks in another

[philcha]

I have a frameset:<br>&lt;frameset rows=&quot;200,*&quot;&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;frameset cols=&quot;220,*&quot;&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;frame name=&quot;A&quot; src=&quot;A.htm&quot;&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;frame name=&quot;B&quot; src=&quot;B.htm&quot;&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/frameset&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;frame name=&quot;C&quot;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;!-- Initially empty --&gt;<br>&lt;/frameset&gt;<br><br>so the page layout is <br><FONT FACE=monospace>+-------+<br>¦ A ¦ B ¦<br>+-------+<br>¦&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;¦<br>+-------+</font><br><br>I want to change the URL of frame C when the user clicks something in frame A.<br><br>It's easy in IE:<br>parent.C.document.location.href = newURL;<br>in frame A's onClick event handler.<br><br>But everything I've tried in Netscape gives an error when the Javascript code in frame A tries to run, e.g. &quot;parent.C has no properties&quot;.<br><br>And all the examples I've seen e.g. in Netscape's Client Side Reference and Guide assume a higher-level frame in the frameset hierarchy is driving a sibling or lower-level one&nbsp;&nbsp;-&nbsp;&nbsp;I want a lower-level frame to drive a higher one becaue it's the only way I can get the page layout I want (frame C is by far the widest).<br><br>Does anyone know how?

 

[philcha]

Got the solution&nbsp;&nbsp;-&nbsp;&nbsp;see my tip &quot;Creating empty frames&quot;.

 

[NickBulka]

try it like this:<br>&lt;frameset rows=&quot;200,*&quot;&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;frameset cols=&quot;220,*&quot;&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;frame name=&quot;A&quot; src=&quot;A.htm&quot;&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;frame name=&quot;B&quot; src=&quot;B.htm&quot;&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/frameset&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;frame name=&quot;C&quot; src=&quot;about:blank&quot;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;!-- Initially empty --&gt;<br>&lt;/frameset&gt;<br><br>Then, in A.htm:<br>&lt;a href=&quot;javascript:top.C.document.location.href='b.htm'&quot;&gt;Click to change href&lt;/a&gt; <br> <p>nick bulka<br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href=

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[theEclipse]

the about:blank will give an error in netscape. something about the url not found. What I've always done is created a dummy html page, and loaded it into the empty frame. ie:<br><br>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;title&gt;&lt;/title&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body&gt;&nbsp;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;<br><br>or if you really wanted to get simple:<br><br>&lt;html&gt;&lt;/html&gt;<br><br>which is what the about:blank page contains. (suprise!); <p>theEclipse<br><a href=mailto:eclipse_web@hotmail.com>eclipse_web@hotmail.com</a><br><a href=robacarp.webjump.com>robacarp.webjump.com</a><br>**-Trying to build a documentation of a Javascript DOM, crossbrowser, of course. E-mail me if you know of any little known events and/or methods, etc.

 

[NickBulka]

It works for me in Netscape with no errors.&nbsp;&nbsp;Not sure why you have problems. <p>nick bulka<br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href=

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