Editing Frame (World Wide Web) (section)

{{short description|Conflation of multiple HTML elements for web-page display}}
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In the context of a [[web browser]], a '''frame''' is a part of a [[web page]] or browser [[Window (computing)|window]] which displays content independent of its container, with the ability to load content independently. The [[HTML]] or media elements in a frame may come from a [[Website|web site]] distinct from the site providing the enclosing content. This practice, known as '''framing''',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/website-permissions/linking/|title=Connecting to Other Websites|date=2 April 2013|quote=What makes framing different is that instead of taking the user to the linked website, the information from that website is imported into the original page and displayed in a special "frame". Technically, when you’re viewing framed information, your computer is connected to the site doing the framing—not the site whose page appears in the frame.}}</ref> is today often regarded as a violation of [[same-origin policy]].

In [[HTML]], a '''frameset''' is a group of named frames to which web pages and media can be directed; an '''iframe''' provides for a frame to be placed inside the body of a document.

Since the early 2000s, concern for usability and accessibility has motivated diminished use of framesets and the [[HTML5]] standard does not support them.