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

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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.

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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>

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Status

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

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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.

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