HTML Tags Implemented in Webster

See the standard HTML, HTML+, HTML2, Netscape and Mosaic Documentation for Details of these tags.

Quick Index

Basic Tags
Basic Tags
Forms Tags
Table Tags
Frames Tags
Notes

The newest tags are marked with a

Basic Tags

Anchor with the following attributes (<A>...</A>)
- Name
- Href - URL to open
- Target - Name of window to open link in
Address (<address>...</address>)
Base with the attributes (<base>)
- Href
BlockQuote (<blockquote> ... </blockquote>)
Bold (<b> ... </b>)
Body with the attributes (<body> ... </body>)
- Background - Sets the Background image (See Note 1).
- Bgcolor - Sets the Background text Colour (See Note 1).
- Text - Sets Text Colour (See Note 1).
- Link - Sets Link Colour (See Note 1).
- ALink - To be Implemented (See Note 1).
- VLink - Sets Visited Link Colour (See Note 1).
Break (<br>) with the following attributes (If decoding HTML Extensions)
- Clear
  - All
  - Left
  - Right
Center (<center> ... </center>)
Citation (<cite> ... </cite>)
Code (<code> ... </code>)
Definition lists (<dl>,<dt>, <dd> and </dt>)
Definitions (<def> ... </def>)
Emphisised (<em> ... </em>)
Font (<font> ... </font>) with the following attributes (if not disabled)
- Size
Headings (<h?>,</h?>) All 6.
- Align
  - Center
  - Right
  - Left
Horizontal rule (<hr>) with the following attributes. (If decoding HTML Extensions)
- Align
  - Center
  - Right
- NoShade
- Size
- Width (as a precentage and in pixels)
Image with the following attributes (<IMG>)
- Alt
- Align
  - Bottom
  - Left (If decoding HTML Extensions)
  - Middle and Center
  - Right (If decoding HTML Extensions)
  - Top
- Border (If decoding HTML Extensions)
- Height (If decoding HTML Extensions)
- HSpace (If decoding HTML Extensions)
- IsMap
- MapName (This attribute can be ignored if you wish)
- Src
- Width (If decoding HTML Extensions)
- VSpace (If decoding HTML Extensions)
Italic (<i> ... </i>)
IsIndex (<IsIndex>) with the following attributes
- Prompt (If decoding HTML Extensions)
Listing (Partially)
Map (<map>,<area>,</map>) Client side image maps.
Menu
Meta with the following attributes (<Meta>)
- HTTP-EQUIV
  - Refresh - Controls Automatic document reloading (See Note 1).
- Content
Ordered Lists (<ol>,<li>,</ol>) with the following attributes
- Start in the <ol> tag (If decoding HTML Extensions)
- Type (If decoding HTML Extensions)
- Value in the <li> tag (If decoding HTML Extensions)
Paragraph (<p>) with the following attributes
- Align (If decoding HTML Extensions)
  - Center
  - Left (The Default)
  - Right
Preformatted (<pre> ... </pre>) with the following attributes.
- Width
Quote (<quote> ... </quote>)
Sample (<samp> ... </samp>)
Strikethrough (<strike> ... </strike>)
Underlined (<u> ... </u>)
Teletype (<tt> ... </tt>)
Title (<title> ... </title>)
Unordered Lists (<ul>,<li> and </ul>)
Variable (<var> ... </var>)

Forms Tags

Although most forms tags are available some of them are only partially implemented.

Form (<form> ... </form>)
- Action - The URL to send the form to.
- Method - How to send the form.
Input (<input>) With the following attributes
- type - one of the following
  - text
  - password - Contents are replaced with asterisks.
  - checkbox
  - radio
  - submit
  - reset
- Name
- Value
- Checked
- Size
- Maxlength
- target - window name to open the form result in.
Select (<select> ... <Option>Text </select>) With the following attributes
- Name
- Size
- Multiple - Multiple selection is allowed.
Option - With the following attributes (<option>Option text)
- Selected
- Disabled
Text Area (<textarea> ... </textarea>) With Default contents and the following attributes
- Name
- Rows
- Cols
Expanding the number of rows interactively is supported, but the maximum width is 255 characters.

Table Tags

Decoding of table tags can be stopped from the Extensions section of the Choices windows.

Caption (<caption>...</caption>) With the following attributes
- Align - Aligns the caption with the Table.
  - Bottom
  - Top (The Default)
Table (<table>...</table>) With the following attributes
- Align
  - Center (The Default)
  - Left
  - Right
- Border (Turns borders on)
- Border = <num> (Specifies a border size rounf the whole table)
- Cellspacing = <num> (Controls the spacing between the cells in the table)
- Cellpadding = <num> (Controls the spacing between the cell border and the text it contains)
- Width = <num> (The width of the table in pixels or as a percentage if suffixed by a percentage symbol)
TD - For a Normal Cell (<td>)
- Align
  - Center
  - Left (The Default)
  - Right
- VAlign (Webster 0.19 or later)
  - Top (The Default)
  - Middle
  - Bottom
- Colspan
- Rowspan
TH - For a Heading Cell (<th>)
- Align
  - Center (The Default for cells on the first row)
  - Left
  - Right
- VAlign (Webster 0.19 or later)
  - Top (The Default)
  - Middle
  - Bottom
- Colspan
- Rowspan
TR - Table Row (<tr>)
- Align (Sets the default for cells in this row)
  - Center
  - Left (The Default)
  - Right

For more details see Document Tables In Netscape

Frames Tags (Webster 0.20 or later)

This attribute can be ignored if you wish.

FrameSet (<frameset>...</frameset>) With the following attributes
- Rows - Lists row heights
- Cols - Lists column widths
Frame With the following attributes
- Scrolling
  - Yes - Turns scrollbars on.
  - No - Turns the scrollbars off (Note large frames may be scrolled using the keyboard)
- Noresize
- Src - URL to display in this frame
- Name - Name of the frame
NoFrames (<noframes>...</noframes>)

Most of the & prefixed isolat1 escape sequences are also implemented.

Notes

Can be disabled via the Extensions Section of the Choices windows.

Andrew Pullan, Mon 26th May 1997