Linking to and from inline frames is just like linking to and from regular frames.

Here is a plain vanilla link...

Click on it and it loads the page in the inline frame. Here is the iframe code...

<iframe src="hello2.html" width="240" height="120">
This page uses inline frames.
</iframe>

And here is the link code...

Go to <a href="https://www.htmliseasy.com/">HTMLisEasy.com</a>

Now, to open that same link in the full browser window, we add target="_top" to the link...

Go to <a href="https://www.htmliseasy.com/" target="_top">HTMLisEasy.com</a>

To open the link in a new browser window, use target="_blank"...

Go to <a href="https://www.htmliseasy.com/" target="_blank">HTMLisEasy.com</a>

Let's suppose you wanted a link in the main window to open in the inline frame? Well, first you have to name the inline frame...

<iframe src="hello.html" width="240" height="120" name="joesframe">
This page uses inline frames.
</iframe>

Then target a link...

Go to <a href="https://www.htmliseasy.com/" target="joesframe">HTMLisEasy.com</a>

Try it...

Go to HTMLisEasy.com

Now, because you learn by doing, I have an exercise for you...

Make a page with two inline frames. Give that page a colored background and make your iframes borderless. The document in the first iframe contains a link to Google and a link to HTMLisEasy.com. The link to Google opens in the other iframe. The link to HTMLisEasy opens in the full browser window.

VIEW IT

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