By Jennifer Kyrnin
The WebTV Tags
audioscope
this tag displays a visual display of the amplitude
of the sound currently playing. As the sounds change the display will change,
dynamically.
More about the audioscope tag.
blackface
this tag indicates that the enclosed text should be
displayed in a double-weight typeface. This tag looks different on the WebTV
browser from the <b> tag.
More about the blackface tag.
WebTV Attributes
<a href="" selected>
in the WebTV browser, a selected link has a yellow highlighting box around it.
More about the a tag.
<body credits="url">
on the Info panel of the WebTV browser, there is a button labeled "Credits". This
attribute specifies which URL will be loaded when this button is clicked.
<body instructions="url">
on the Info panel of the WebTV browser, there is a button labeled "Instructions".
This attribute specifies which URL will be loaded when this button is clicked.
<body logo="image url">
the location of a logo image to be used in place of the Web page's thumbnail on
the WebTV browser.
More about the body tag.
<font effect="emboss|relief|shadow">
sets the effect on the enclosed font of emboss, relief, or shadow.
<font transparency>
allows the background to display through the enclosed text.
More about the font tag.
<hr invertborder>
makes the horizontal rule appear raised from the screen.
More about the hr tag.
<img selected="x,y">
with image maps, it indicates the initial position of the cursor in a selected
area of the image.
<img transparency>
allows the background to show through the displayed image.
More about the img tag.
The following attributes are for the input type="text" tag, and the textarea
tag.
bgcolor="color"
defines the background color of the text input field.
cursor="color"
defines the color of the cursor in the input field.
More about the text input field.
More about the textarea tag.
<input usestyle>
forces the text within the input element to be rendered in the same style as the
rest of the page. This can also be used in the textarea tag.
<input width="pixels">
sets the width of the input tag in pixels
More about the input tag.
<marquee transparency="on|off">
sets the transparency of the marquee background
More about the marquee tag.
<select autoactivate>
when the viewer selects the list, it is activated automatically.
<select bgcolor="color">
defines the background color of the select field.
<select selcolor="color">
defines the background color of the list selections.
<select text="color">
defines the text color of the select box.
<select usestyle>
forces the text within the select element to be rendered in the same style as the
rest of the page.
More about the select tag.
These attributes are for the table, td, and th tags.
gradangle
defines the gradient angle of the table or table cell.
gradcolor="color"
defines the ending color of the background gradient in the table or cell.
transparency
sets the table or cell's background transparency. This also works for the tr
tag as well.
More about table tags.
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