Using Safari on iPod touch and iPhone with websites containing frames

Summary

Some webpages are organized into frames, where each frame displays a different web document. You can use Safari to browse and scroll through web pages containing frames by using two fingers simultaneously. When you use one finger to flick or drag up or down, you are scrolling through the web page. When you use two fingers to flick or drag up or down, you are scrolling through the frame.

Products Affected

iPhone, iPod touch

Note: On a computer you will be able to scroll through such frames using a scroll bar.


Frameset on a computer

On the iPhone and iPod touch these frames do not contain any scroll bars and each frame of such frameset will be expanded to fit its content.

iPhone viewing frames
Frameset on iPhone and iPod touch

To browse through such frames and see all of the content, you will need to use the two-finger scroll technique instead.

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