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Html5 Best Alternative To Iframe


Guber-X

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Im trying to figure out the best way to switch content when menu options are selected. I have a media player that I want to continuously play when navigating the website. With iframe I am limited with options for it. Using PHP still reloads the page therefore stopping the music play.

 

The "iframe" will hold the main content for the page

 

I just would like to see what people have to suggest for a better alternative for what I'm trying to do.

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i was saying the <iframe> tag was not a option... lol, so far i think <object> tag seems to be the best suited for what im looking for. just trying to work out some kinks with other things that don't involve with this topic anymore :P

 

thanx for the suggestion though

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<object> isn't going to help you as far as reloading the page interrupting the music. The only way to handle that is to popup a separate music player as requinix said. That your ajax-ify the entire site so that you never actually reload the page and just swap a div content.

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"object" seems to be working fine so far, if I was to use "iframe" is there a way to set height and width by percentage in html5 and css3. Cuz by from what I read from w3schools is that "iframe" does not support height and width percentage in html5... Would it work in css3?

 

I can't test it right now, at work for the next 6 hours

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okay, well for what i was trying to do I seem to have figured it out, and works in IE, FF and Chrome. im using the tag <object>. basicly my "index" page has the main code for the media player and the <object> box. the rest of the content will be displayed inside the <object> page. if you would like to see a sample of how i put it together, just pm me and ill give you a link to the page

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If your using an object tag to display HTML (like this) that is effectively the same as using an iframe. You may as well use an iframe in such a case for better browser compatibility and ease of use.

 

As for this question:

if I was to use "iframe" is there a way to set height and width by percentage in html5 and css3.

 

Yes, you can set a width and height on your iframe to a percentage using CSS. You can do that with pretty much any element.

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