How to get CSS to emulate Frames

OK, frames are evil, but I'm not sure how to emulate the same behavior
using CSS. I currently have a javascript menu that has an expandable
tree in one frame which launches the content in a second.

The advantage I see in frames is that the 2 windows independently
scroll. So when the user expands the tree, the content doesn't scroll
up with the tree. I've looked at a lot of CSS examples looking for a
solution, but I haven't seen one. When using CSS it seems like the
only solution is to scroll the entire window of both columns.

Am I understanding the limits of CSS correctly or is there a
convenient solution? Or do I have the problem stated incorrectly?

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Erik

erikd@nospam.wanted.here

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 16:40:34 -0600,
<> wrote:

> OK, frames are evil, but I'm not sure how to emulate the same behavior
> using CSS. I currently have a javascript menu that has an expandable
> tree in one frame which launches the content in a second.
>
> The advantage I see in frames is that the 2 windows independently
> scroll. So when the user expands the tree, the content doesn't scroll
> up with the tree. I've looked at a lot of CSS examples looking for a
> solution, but I haven't seen one. When using CSS it seems like the
> only solution is to scroll the entire window of both columns.
>
> Am I understanding the limits of CSS correctly or is there a
> convenient solution? Or do I have the problem stated incorrectly?

This has been discussed to death over the last month. Read back a bit.

Previously in alt.html, "" <>
said:

> OK, frames are evil,

Hooray! A convert!

> but I'm not sure how to emulate the same behavior
> using CSS.

Why would you want to? The behaviour is evil, remember?

> I currently have a javascript menu that has an expandable
> tree in one frame which launches the content in a second.

With appropriate fallback for users without Javascript, of course.

> The advantage I see in frames is that the 2 windows independently
> scroll.

You can do this with CSS, using overflow: scroll; but it still causes
problems - I can't scroll it with my mouse wheel for example.

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Mark Parnell
http://www.clarkecomputers.com.au