BUG: Page with Absolute Positioned IFRAME That Contains Frameset Displays Unnecessary Vertical Scroll Bar (317889)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 5.5 SP2
Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 6.0

This article was previously published under Q317889

SYMPTOMS

When a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) page displays an absolute positioned IFRAME that contains a frameset, the HTML page displays vertical scroll bars that are unnecessary.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, follow these steps:

Remove the absolute positioning attribute, which appears in the code as follows:
```
Position:absolute
					
```
Put the IFRAME inside a <div> tag and attach the absolute positioning style attribute to the <div> tag as follows:
```
<div style="POSITION: absolute;"><IFRAME width="50%" height="50%"  SRC="iframe.htm"></IFRAME></div> 
					
```

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

Open Notepad.

Create a new HTML file named Main.htm, and then add the following code to this file:

<HTML>
<BODY bgcolor=lightgreen>
<IFRAME width="50%" height="50%"  SRC="iframe.htm" style="POSITION: absolute;"></IFRAME>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Save Main.htm.
In Notepad, create a new HTML file named Iframe.htm, and then add the following code to this file:
```
<HTML>
<frameset>
<frame src="about:blank.htm">
</frameset>
</HTML>
					
```
Save Iframe.htm.
Open Internet Explorer, and then browse to the Main.htm page. Notice that Internet Explorer displays a vertical scroll bar for the page.

REFERENCES

For more information about developing Web-based solutions for Microsoft Internet Explorer, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/ie/

http://support.microsoft.com/iep

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	5/11/2006
Keywords:	kbbug kbpending KB317889