The <iframe> Element

Some content on a page is not part of the page at all. A video player from a video site, a map from a map service, or a payment form from a payment company can appear in a rectangle on your page while being a complete, separate web page with its own address. The element that creates such a rectangle is <iframe>, short for inline frame.

The recipe site uses one in this lesson: the lemon cake page embeds a video that shows how to make the glaze.

What the browser does with an <iframe>

<iframe src="https://example