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SIDEBAR Description:

The SIDEBAR tag is used by MSNTV/WebTV to provide a left-hand navigation or sidebar similar to frames. Frames don’t work in WebTV, so this gives a constant navigation area for WebTV pages.

SIDEBAR Web Browser Support:

SIDEBAR Attributes:

SIDEBAR End Tag:

</sidebar> REQUIRED

SIDEBAR Contents:

CDATA. Text. The following tags are valid within the SIDEBAR tag:
a, abbr, acronym, address, applet, b, bdo, big, blockquote, br, button, center, cite, code, dfn, dir, div, dl, em, fieldset, font, form, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, iframe, img, input, isindex, kbd, label, map, menu, noframes, noscript, object, ol, p, pre, q, s, samp, script, select, small, span, strike, strong, sub, sup, table, textarea, tt, u, ul, var

SIDEBAR Valid Context:

The SIDEBAR tag is valid within the following tags:
body

SIDEBAR Usage:

a standard sidebar

<sidebar width="200">
  This is a 200 pixel wide sidebar.
</sidebar>

SIDEBAR Special Notes:

  • This is an MSNTV or WebTV tag, and so will not display on any other browsers.
  • Use this tag to create a left-hand column that doesn't scroll with the rest of the page.
  • This tag may become deprecated, so its use is not recommended.

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