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Controlling frame content with links

To use links in frames, you must set a target for the link. The target is the frame in which the linked content will open. For example, if the navigation menu is in the left frame, and you want the linked material to appear in the main content frame, you must use targets for all the navigation menu links. The target will be the name of the main content frame—for example, main_frame. When a user clicks a a navigation link, the content will open in the main frame.

To select a frame in which to open a file, you use the Target pop-up menu in the Property inspector. You can set a file to open in a new frame, replace information in the same frame as the link, or replace information in another frame. You can also cause the linked content to overwrite the current frame (by not choosing a target) or to appear in an entirely new browser window.

To target a frame:

1 Select text or an object.
2 In the Link field of the Property inspector, do one of the following:
Type the name of the file to link to.
Click the folder icon and select the file to link to.
Click and drag the Point to File icon to select the file to link to.
To specify an anchor (specific place) in the file to link to, enter a number sign (#) before the anchor name. See Linking to a specific place within a document.
3 In the Target pop-up menu, choose the location in which the linked document should appear.
If you named your frames in the Property inspector, the frame names appear in this menu. Select a named frame to open the linked document in that frame.
_blank opens the linked document in a new browser window and keeps the current window available.
_parent opens the linked document in the parent frameset of the link.
_self opens the link in the current frame, replacing the content in that frame.
_top opens the link in the outermost frameset of the current document, replacing all frames.