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mkohne
July 21st, 2004, 04:29 PM
Okay... I hate using frames, but I have a client that insists on using them. So, I have a simple top and bottom frame. The top frame needs to be static with the bottom one scrollable.

I'm using Dreamweaver and have tried all the different options to prevent a top frame scroll bar. The issue I'm having is when I set the top frame scroll to "no" that it is shifted slightly to the right, misaligned with the bottom.

I was hoping there was a way to set the scroll bar to "no", but still have it line up with the bottom frame elements.

Any help is always appreciated.

Thank You
undiminished
August 23rd, 2004, 06:19 PM
hmm, been a long time since i had to use frames... but one thing that does occur to me is that if your top frame is *never* going to have a scrollbar, but your bottom frame *always* one, you'll need to allow for the fact that the scrollbar itself takes up 15 pixels of space, which might screw things up??
b.rich
August 24th, 2004, 12:25 AM
It would help a lot if you could upload the files. You should be able to fix your problem by adding a right margin to you top file. But also remember that frames use margins so you might have to play around with both.

example:

<body rightmargin="15">
Which is what you would add to the source of your banner page.
Carlitio
August 24th, 2004, 06:11 PM
Somehow get your client to read this..... ;-)

http://www.apptools.com/rants/framesevil.php

I do remember somewhere though that there is a css overflow option that controls scrollbars. Options are visible, hidden, auto & scroll.
undiminished
August 25th, 2004, 04:22 PM
:) nice link, carlitio - a good summary which, as you say, could be useful to show to prospective clients. in a similar vein, the institution i work for run occasional dreamweaver courses for admin staff, to 'enable them to maintain their own page content' (a fine idea), but these courses don't seem to have been updated for years. and my heart sinks a little when i see items on the course like "making a simple page using frames"... *sigh*