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title: "Deprecation: #78217 - frameset and frame"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:deprecation-78217"
source: "Changelog/8.5/Deprecation-78217-FramesetAndFrame.rst"
modified: "2026-09-15T10:46:36+00:00"
---

# Deprecation: #78217 - frameset and frame

See [forge#78217](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/78217)

## Description

Frameset and frame are not supported in [HTML5](https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/obsolete.html#frames) anymore.
The browser support for framesets could be dropped in the future.

Creating a layout based on framesets has been marked deprecated:

-   [DocumentationFrame](https://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/TyposcriptReference/Setup/Frame/Index.html)
-   [DocumentationFrameset](https://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/TyposcriptReference/Setup/Frameset/Index.html)

The following TypoScript has been marked as deprecated:

-   `config.frameReloadIfNotInFrameset`
-   `config.doctype = xhtml_frames`
-   `config.xhtmlDoctype= xhtml_frames`
-   `frameSet` and its options
-   `FRAME` and its options
-   `FRAMESET` and its options

Furthermore the class `FramesetRenderer` has been marked as deprecated.

## Impact

Using framesets will trigger deprecation log entries.

## Affected Installations

All installations using framesets.

## Migration

None.