Selecting frames and framesets in the Document window

In the Document window’s Design view, when a frame is selected, its borders are outlined with a dotted line; when a frameset is selected, all the borders of the frames within the frameset are outlined with a light dotted line.

To select a frame in the Document window:

• Alt-click (Windows) or Option-Shift-click (Macintosh) inside a frame in Design view.

  A selection outline appears around the frame.

To select a frameset in the Document window:

• Click one of the frameset’s internal frame borders in Design view. (Frame borders must be visible to do this; select View >Visual Aids > Frame Borders to make frame borders visible if they aren’t.)

  A selection outline appears around the frameset.

  NOTE

  It’s generally easier to select framesets in the Frames panel than in the Document window. For more information, see Selecting frames and framesets in the Frames panel.

To select a different frame or frameset, do one of the following:

• To select the next or previous frame or frameset at the same hierarchical level as the current selection, press Alt+Left Arrow or Alt+Right Arrow (Windows) or Command+Left Arrow or Command+Right Arrow (Macintosh). Using these keys, you can cycle through frames and framesets in the order in which they’re defined in the frameset file.
• To select the parent frameset (the frameset that contains the current selection), press Alt+Up Arrow (Windows) or Command+Up Arrow (Macintosh).
• To select the first child frame or frameset of the currently selected frameset (that is, first in the order in which they’re defined in the frameset file), press Alt+Down Arrow (Windows) or Command+Down Arrow (Macintosh).

Related topics

• Selecting frames and framesets in the Frames panel
• Viewing and setting frame properties and attributes
• Viewing and setting frameset properties