Re: [Bodington-developers] frame query

[Jon M. <jo...@te...>]

Probably a historical hangover.  The original purpose of the frame was 
to display an illustrative (i.e. non-essential) graphic. If the window 
is too small to show the whole graphic it is better for it to be cropped 
than to have an ugly scroll bar appear in the middle of the frame set. 
If the frame is now functional rather than decorative then a scroll bar 
is needed.

Jon


Owen Davies wrote:

>hi,
>for those that don't know me, i'm a placement student working on Weblearn this year.
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>just wondered whether anybody knows why the left hand frame is set to "no" scrolling and the main section is set to "auto". I am considering setting the former to "auto" as well, but just wanted to check it wasn't set to "no" for a good reason. i am developing a <noscript> version of the left panel and need to guard against content being lost in the frames underworld. 
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>thanks
>owen
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