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May 14.2004

Hello everybody.

I’ve tried searching a decent amount for anything on this topic. Here’s the basic concept: I would like to create a page containing two frames(name=”left”, “right”. One (the left) has links in it and the other (the right) only has a div (id=”one”) with some text in it. so I’d like to create a link in the left that onClick or onMouseOver changes the text in the div that is in the right frame. So the question is, is that div reference-able, and if so, can I change the text within it (.value maybe)?

thanks for any feedback

  • – Brian

    • [EDIT]

    here’s the code i’ve been trying to use to do this:

    [code=php]
    function changetext(text)
    {
    window.top.right.one.value=text;
    //or parent.right.one.value=text;
    }
    [/code]

    [/EDIT]

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    @VladdyMay 14.2004 — Very bad reason for using frames.

    Keep everything on one page and make sure it works without javascript.
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    @noondayauthorMay 14.2004 — no, i didn't give a reason for using frames, the real problem is much more complex than what I mentioned, but this is the only part that I can't figure out. If anyone could give me any insight to the solution, it would be appreciated.
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    @VladdyMay 14.2004 — Humor me, tell me your "real" reason for using frames :rolleyes:

    Stop using frames where they do not belong - that is the solution.
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    @noondayauthorMay 14.2004 — well, there are a couple of reasons. The site was done by a professional web designer for the company I now work for. He designed the page to use 4 frames a top, left, right, and bottom. He also designed all the graphics for it and put a lot of work into it. I need to edit a couple small things about the site (which has been up for 3 or 4 years) and one of those things was that the page heading, and the nav were in the top frame. I am moving the nav to the left frame and leaving the page heading in the top frame, because that is the proper spot for it. I don't want to entirely re-do the page, but obviously if the page was built three or four years ago, using frames at that time was considered acceptable, although I am gleaning from your wrath that you don't happen to agree.

    So, all that to say that I don't have the time or energy or permission to entirely re-do the page, but I do need to make the nav in the left frame change the header onClick that is in the top frame.

    and I would appreciate it if you would stop taking your lack-of-frame enthusiasm out on me.
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