[Tunehead54]

I was trying to use FORMS because it was the first thing I found for a "back" button and the buttons are created aromatically - no fuss no muss ...

Note: adding "_top" as the target doesn't work: < form action="../index.html target=_top" method="get">

I am not wedded to this approach I just want some simple in-frame navigation buttons ideally: forward, back, specified page & home buttons.

Just a button that would load a URL "www.mysite.com" in the same tab/window would do nicely but a straight

< A Href="www.mysite.com" Home< /A>

loads the home page in the current frame. Sigh.

Any help would be greatly appreciated (simpler is better). FReepers are the best! Any ping lists for html freaks? ;-)

[TexasNative2000]

Here, let me go first......

Is your computer turned on?

[KoRn]

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[fortunate sun]

the problem is inherent with frames. you need to remember to use number of frames + 1 in any back button actions and a self-referring action. It’s hard to explain in writing but it’s really self-explanatory when you lay it out step by step.

[frankenMonkey]

I always use google to look up a solution when I have coding problems. That said, you may want to use javascript instead of a form. Try this

[ShadowAce]

[steveo]

and the buttons are created aromatically

So these buttons are suppose to smell? JOKE!

Without seeing the code or site I'm not sure where you are going wrong. Dealing with frames can be difficult at best. What is the Java applet doing? Give some more details or show your code.

[arkady_renko]

Just my opinion.

Do not use frames. I can think of no good reason to use them for website design and I can’t think of many popular and succesful websites that use them anymore.

[Delta 21]

<>/Italians<>

[cc2k]

For the "Home" button, you could just use a link. Like this:

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<a href="/index.html" target="_top">Home</a>

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I woudln't mess with forms for this.

For the back button, you could do a button:

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<button onClick="history.go(-1)">Back</button>

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Or you could do a link:

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<a onClick="history.go(-1)">Back</a>

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[Jeff Chandler]

Frames are the Devil.