Tags

We have extended some of the normal tags with new attributes to handle the specific issues that accompany displaying pages on a television. There are also some proprietary tags we've created. Finally, there are the deprecated tags.

HTML tags that are not listed here behave normally in the TV browser.


Unsupported Tags ¹	Extended Tags ²	Proprietary Tags ³	Deprecated Tags ⁴

COL	A	AUDIOSCOPE	BLACKFACE
COLGROUP	BODY	SIDEBAR	SHADOW
FIELDSET	FONT
LEGEND	HR
OPTGROUP	IMG
TBODY	INPUT
TFOOT	MARQUEE
THEAD	SELECT
	TABLE
	TD
	TEXTAREA
	TH
	TR

These are tags that are not supported in our TV browser. If any of the tags listed are encountered, they are ignored.
These are the tags that are defined by the W3C but that we have extended to handle specific aspects of displaying Web content on TV. Most affect the visual quality of the content on a television screen.
These are the tags that we have developed to help developers make the user experience more positive.
The deprecated tags, while they may work in some or all of the receivers, are no longer supported and may be removed from the receiver software without notice. They are no longer supported because there are ways to accomplish these tasks within the functionality of currently defined HTML or CSS elements.

Related Links:

World Wide Web Consortium

Microsoft DHTML guide

<A>

Creates a link around specified text or graphic. We extend this tag to let the developer specify which link is the first one highlighted when the page loads.


Attribute	Description	Values (if any)

SELECTED	Used in conjunction with the HREF attribute, determines that an anchor is selected with a yellow highlight box when the page loads.

The attributes listed in the preceding table describe only those that are specific to our platform, and may not list all of the available attributes per the HTML specification.

<AUDIOSCOPE>

Defines an audioscope, the graphical display of the amplitude of the current sound over time. Used with multimedia Web pages, this element creates an animated, visual image of the sounds played.


Attribute	Description	Default (if any)

ALIGN	Aligns the audioscope with the preceding text.	left

BORDER	Sets the width of the audioscope border in pixels.	1

GAIN	Sets a multiplier for the amplitude display of the audioscope.	1

HEIGHT	Sets the height of the audioscope in pixels.

LEFTCOLOR	Sets the color of the line that displays the audioscope's left audio channel.	#8ECE10

LEFTOFFSET	Sets the vertical offset for the display of the audioscope's left audio channel.	0 pixels
MAXLEVEL	Specifies whether the audioscope should clip the sound according to the specified gain.

RIGHTCOLOR	Sets the color of the line that displays the audioscope's right audio channel.	#CE8E10

RIGHTOFFSET	Sets the vertical offset for the display of the audioscope's right audio channel.	1 pixel

WIDTH	Sets the width of the audioscope in pixels.

The attributes listed in the preceding table describe only those that are specific to our platform, and may not list all of the available attributes per the HTML specification.

<BODY>

Specifies the beginning and end of the body of a Web page.


Attribute	Description	Values (if any)

CREDITS	Sets the URL of a Web page that displays when the viewer selects the Credits button on the Info panel.

INSTRUCTIONS	Sets the URL of a Web page that displays when the viewer selects the Instructions button in the Info panel.

LOGO	Sets the URL of a logo image to use in place of a Web page's thumbnail image.

The attributes listed in the preceding table describe only those that are specific to our platform, and may not list all of the available attributes per the HTML specification.

<FONT>

Changes the appearance of a specified block of text in terms of size and/or color.


Attribute	Description	Values (if any)

EFFECT	Sets the font effect to one of three possible values.	emboss relief shadow

TRANSPARENCY	Enables the background to show through the text.	0 to 100

The attributes listed in the preceding table describe only those that are specific to our platform, and may not list all of the available attributes per the HTML specification.

<HR>

Creates a horizontal rule.


Attribute	Description	Values (if any)

INVERTBORDER	Draws a horizontal rule that seems raised from the surface of the page.

The attributes listed in the preceding table describe only those that are specific to our platform, and may not list all of the available attributes per the HTML specification.

<IMG>

Inserts an image within the page.


Attribute	Description	Values (if any)

SELECTED	Used in conjunction with the SRC and ISMAP attributes, specifies a value for the x,y pair for the initial cursor position in the image map. Used in conjunction with the SRC and USEMAP attributes, specifies a value for the index of an area in the initial selection of the associated client-side map. In either case, the coordinates for the SELECTED attribute must be calculated relative to the image rather than to the page. The origin of the image is its top left corner, with positive values of x going to the right, and positive values of y going down.

TRANSPARENCY	Used in conjunction with the SRC attribute, enables the background to show through an image.	0 to 100

The attributes listed in the preceding table describe only those that are specific to our platform, and may not list all of the available attributes per the HTML specification.

<INPUT>

Used inside a form, defines the type of input field.


Attribute	Description	Values (if any)

BGCOLOR	Used in conjunction with the text value for the TYPE attribute, sets the background color for the text entry field.

CURSOR	Used in conjunction with the text value for the TYPE attribute, sets the color for the cursor in the text entry field.

USESTYLE	Used in conjunction with any of the values for the TYPE attribute, renders text in the control with the style currently in effect for the page.

WIDTH	Used in conjunction with any of the values for the TYPE attribute, sets the width of the control in pixels.

The attributes listed in the preceding table describe only those that are specific to our platform, and may not list all of the available attributes per the HTML specification.

<MARQUEE>

Creates a scrolling text marquee.


Attribute	Description	Values (if any)

TRANSPARENCY	Sets the marquee's background transparency.	0 to 100

The attributes listed in the preceding table describe only those that are specific to our platform, and may not list all of the available attributes per the HTML specification.

<SELECT>

Used inside a form, creates a list of items from which the viewer can choose one or more.


Attribute	Description	Values (if any)

AUTOACTIVATE	Activates the list automatically when the viewer selects it. Can be used in conjunction with the MULTIPLE and SIZE attributes.

BGCOLOR	Sets the background color for the list. Can be used in conjunction with the MULTIPLE and SIZE attributes.

SELCOLOR	Sets the background color for the list selections. Can be used in conjunction with the MULTIPLE and SIZE attributes.

	Sets the text color for list items. Can be used in conjunction with the MULTIPLE and SIZE attributes.

USESTYLE	Renders list text in the style currently in effect for the page.

The attributes listed in the preceding table describe only those that are specific to our platform, and may not list all of the available attributes per the HTML specification.

<SIDEBAR>

Defines an area along the left side of the screen that is separate from the remainder of the content. It was designed to simulate a frames page where one panel could scroll while the other stayed static. The TV browser converts a standard frames page into a table, forcing users to scroll all of the content frames as a whole.

The <SIDEBAR> tag cannot be used in a frames page. It must be inserted into a standard HTML page within the <BODY> tag. This tag may become deprecated, and so its use is not recommended.


Attribute	Description	Values (if any)

WIDTH	Specifies the width of the sidebar on the page.	N/A

The attributes listed in the preceding table describe only those that are specific to our platform, and may not list all of the available attributes per the HTML specification.

<TABLE>

Creates a table.


Attribute	Description	Values (if any)

GRADANGLE	Defines the gradient angle of a table.

GRADCOLOR	Defines the ending color of a background gradient in a table.

TRANSPARENCY	Sets the table's background transparency.	0 to 100

The attributes listed in the preceding table describe only those that are specific to our platform, and may not list all of the available attributes per the HTML specification.

<TD>

Creates an individual table cell.


Attribute	Description	Values (if any)

GRADANGLE	Defines the gradient angle of a table cell.

GRADCOLOR	Defines the ending color of a background gradient in a table cell.

TRANSPARENCY	Sets the table cell's background transparency.	0 to 100

The attributes listed in the preceding table describe only those that are specific to our platform, and may not list all of the available attributes per the HTML specification.

<TEXTAREA>

Used inside a form, defines a text input area.


Attribute	Description	Values (if any)

BGCOLOR	Sets the text area's background color.

CURSOR	Sets the color for the cursor in the text area.

USESTYLE	Renders text in the text area in the style currently in effect for the page.

The attributes listed in the preceding table describe only those that are specific to our platform, and may not list all of the available attributes per the HTML specification.

<TH>

Specifies a table-heading cell.


Attribute	Description	Values (if any)

GRADANGLE	Defines the gradient angle of a table header cell.

GRADCOLOR	Defines the ending color of a background gradient in a table header cell.

TRANSPARENCY	Sets the table header cell's background transparency.	0 to 100

The attributes listed in the preceding table describe only those that are specific to our platform, and may not list all of the available attributes per the HTML specification.

<TR>

Sets a table row.


Attribute	Description	Values (if any)

TRANSPARENCY	Sets the background transparency for cells in a row.	0 to 100

The attributes listed in the preceding table describe only those that are specific to our platform, and may not list all of the available attributes per the HTML specification.