How to Delete Frames in Dreamweaver

When you have created a frameset within Dreamweaver, you may find the need to delete one or more of those frames. You can do this easily by viewing the frame borders and grabbing on to them with your mouse to delete, as well as move or further manipulate them. Follow the steps below to delete a frame in a Dreamweaver frameset.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Dreamweaver

1. Start Dreamweaver and open an existing file that contains an HTML page that contains a frameset.
2. Open the Frames panel by selecting the "Windows" menu and then clicking on "Frames." The Frames panel will open on your desktop and show the layout of your frameset.
3. Choose the "View" menu, point to "Visual Aids" and then click on "Frame Borders" to add a checkmark to the "Frame Borders" selection. This will let you view the frame borders in your document window.
4. Move your mouse over the frame border of the frame you want to delete. You should see a double-headed arrow.
5. Click on the frame border when you see the double-headed arrow and drag the border off the screen, releasing the mouse when the frame border no longer appears in the document window.
6. View your Frames panel to make sure that the frame has been completely deleted from your document.

Tips & Warnings

• Quickly open the Frames panel by using the keyboard shortcut of SHIFT+F2.
• Expand the Frameset panel by clicking the arrow that is to the left of the word "Frames" in the title bar of the Frameset panel.
• See related eHow articles to find out how to create a frameset within Dreamweaver.