A Complete Guide to Web Design

516 Appendix D – Proprietary Tags

Netscape Navigator Proprietary Tags

Web Design in a Nutshell, eMatter Edition

Netscape Navigator Proprietary Tags

The following tags are supported only by Netscape Navigator

<caption>

valign=position

Sets vertical alignment of table caption

<col> * Indicates a column within a column group

<colgroup> * Groups table columns

<comment> Inserts a comment in the HTML source that

does not display in the browser (same as<!--

and-->)

<form>

target=name

Specifies a target window or frame for the

output of a form

<frameset>

framespacing=n

Sets the amount of space between frames

<iframe> * Creates a floating frame

<img>

dynsrc=url

controls

loop=n

start=action

Uses the image tag to place video or audio

clips

<isindex> Provides URL of the program that will perform

the search

<marquee> Places scrolling marquee text on the page

<table>

bordercolor=color

bordercolordark=color

bordercolorlight=color

Sets colors for 3-D table borders in the

<table>, <td>, <th>, and <tr> tags

<table>

frame=value

Controls the display of the outer borders of a

table in the<table> tag.

<tbody> * Indicates table body rows

<tfoot> * Indicates table footer rows

<thead> * Indicates table header rows

HTML Tag Description

<blink> Causes text to blink on and off

<ilayer> Inline layer; allows you to offset content from its natural posi-

tion on the page

<keygen> Facilitates generation of key material and submission of the

public key as part of an HTML forms (for privacy and encryp-

tion)

<layer> Creates layers so that elements can be placed on top of each

other (useful with DHTML)

<multicol> Produces a multicolumn format

HTML Tag or Attribute Description