# Are there hidden attributes in Favorites links? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 11, 2001, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-hidden-attributes-in-favorites-links/49564 "2001-01-11T19:14:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gnarly\_Narly\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/858c86/32.png) [@Gnarly\_Narly\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gnarly_Narly_Dude)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-hidden-attributes-in-favorites-links/49564/1 "2001-01-11T19:14:57Z")
Sometimes I have saved bookmarks at a particular page on a site with frames. The link works fine, and goes right to that page. When I right-click and look at the Properties of the link, it just says [http://www.whatever.com](http://www.whatever.com) When I type that in, of course, I go to the site’s home page. So where is the rest of the link saved? Is there any way to view it? **Also** some of my links open a new window and some don’t. Is that part of the link characteristics? Or maybe it’s whether it’s in Favorites vs. being on my desktop. ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-hidden-attributes-in-favorites-links/49564/2 "2001-01-12T00:51:22Z")
In Netscape 4+, in order to view the URL of each individual frame, you would go to **View** , then to **Page Info**. When you click Page Info, another window will open up and display each URL, as well as URLs to any pictures, and/or other various file types that are used in the page. Now, since you use the word “Favorites” I’m assuming you would like to know how to do this using IE. Well, I’m not quite sure… ---
**Author:** ![2nd\_guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/d07c76/32.png) [@2nd\_guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_guest)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-hidden-attributes-in-favorites-links/49564/3 "2001-01-12T01:06:23Z")
In Internet Explorer, that would be on the File menu, Properties. But how to read it directly, I can’t tell you. I think I’ve seen what you mean, but not sure where. Do you have an example? I guess if you had one, it wouldn’t be postable, because it would revert to [http://www.whatever.com](http://www.whatever.com), but perhaps you could describe how you got it. ---
**Author:** ![2nd\_guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/d07c76/32.png) [@2nd\_guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_guest)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-hidden-attributes-in-favorites-links/49564/4 "2001-01-12T01:21:33Z")
I heard that on the radio today, like it was a news report, but I can’t find it. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-hidden-attributes-in-favorites-links/49564/5 "2001-01-12T03:35:31Z")
I know just what you mean, and it’s a weird one. On your Address bar it just has the root domain listed, yet somehow it remembers the actual page you had selected in the Frame when you placed it in your Favourites. Well, obviously there is more information saved than just the root domain, but I don’t know where you’d find this data. Buried in a config file somewhere I expect. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_of\_the\_Machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Soul\_of\_the\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_of_the_Machine)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-hidden-attributes-in-favorites-links/49564/6 "2001-01-12T04:02:14Z")
There was a problem like this last week on a question about the depth of the ocean. Two links were posted, but they both went to the same place. The reason is there is a lot more to a link than you can get in the Address window. Or with Properties. I think because both of those are simply outdated, and no new method is available. Here’s what the two links look like: **— [http://sirius-ci.cst.cnes.fr:8090/HTML/information/frames/applications/science/welcome\_uk.html](http://sirius-ci.cst.cnes.fr:8090/HTML/information/frames/applications/science/welcome_uk.html) Main page links’s Properties** [DEFAULT] BASEURL=http://sirius-ci.cst.cnes.fr:8090/HTML/information/frames/applications/science/welcome\_uk.html [InternetShortcut] URL=http://sirius-ci.cst.cnes.fr:8090/HTML/information/frames/applications/science/welcome\_uk.html Modified=00559A87457CC001F8 **— [http://sirius-ci.cst.cnes.fr:8090/HTML/information/frames/applications/science/welcome\_uk.html](http://sirius-ci.cst.cnes.fr:8090/HTML/information/frames/applications/science/welcome_uk.html) Secondary page’s Properties** [DEFAULT] BASEURL=http://sirius-ci.cst.cnes.fr:8090/HTML/information/frames/applications/science/welcome\_uk.html [DOC#13#15] BASEURL=http://sirius-ci.cst.cnes.fr:8090/HTML/information/applications/science/world/ocean\_variab\_uk.html ORIGURL=/HTML/information/applications/science/welcome\_uk.html ## [InternetShortcut] URL=http://sirius-ci.cst.cnes.fr:8090/HTML/information/frames/applications/science/welcome\_uk.html Modified=206E4BA7457CC00102 Notice the Properties look alike, and if you post them, they both point to the Main page. But the internals are different, and account for being able to reach the internal map. Now if we only had a simple way to post that second link in its entirety. ☹