HTML frame attribute

Last update on August 19 2022 21:51:12 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

frame

The purpose of the HTML frame attribute is to specify which sides of a table frame should be displayed.

It's better to use CSS border-style properties instead of using frame attribute for table element.

Supported elements

HTML frame attribute supports table element.

Syntax

<table frame="value" >.....</table>

Type of value

Table frame.

Value

Value	Description
void	Only outside borders are not displayed.
above	Only top outside is displayed.
below	Only bottom outside border, is displayed.
hsides	Only top and bottom outside borders are displayed.
vsides	Only left and right outside borders are displayed.
lhs	Only left outside border is displayed.
rhs	Only right outside border is displayed.
box	For all four sides, only outside borders are displayed.
border	For all four sides, only outside borders are displayed.

Default value

There is no default value of HTML frame attribute.

Supported doctypes

HTML 4.01 strict, HTML 4.01 transitional, HTML 4.01 frameset.

Example of HTML frame attribute with table

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title> Example of HTML frame attribute with table </title>
</head>
<body>
<table frame="border">
         <tr>
           <th>Employee code </th>
           <th>Salary</th>
         </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>EM001</td>
           <td>$1500</td>
         </tr>
<tr>
           <td>EM002</td>
           <td>$1700</td>
         </tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

Result

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Example of HTML frame attribute with table

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