LAYER

This tag is used to define a layer witin a document which can be manipulated. The layer contents are defined using HTML code between the LAYER tags or by using the SRC= attribute. For example:

<LAYER SRC="FOREGROUND.HTML" HEIGHT="50" WIDTH="25" Z-INDEX="4" NAME="FORELAYER" VISIBILTY="SHOW"></LAYER>

LAYER Attributes:

ABOVE=" ... "

This attribute specifies the name of the layer over which this layer will appear.

BACKGROUND="URL"

This attribute defines the absolute or relative loaction (URL) of the image to be used as a background.

BELOW=" ... "

This attribute specifies the name of the layer below which the current layer will appear.

BGCOLOR="#RRGGBB" or a color in quotes, such as "RED", "BLUE" or "YELLOW"

This attribute sets the color of the element to which it was invoked, this case being the background color of a layer within the document. It can be applied to anything that can be colored, such as text, borders, or backgrounds. The color can be defined using a proper color name such as "RED" or with an #RGB (Red-Green-Blue) value.

CLIP="x1,y1,x2,y2"

This attribute indicates the dimensions, measured in pixels or as a percentage of available space, of a clipping rectangle that specifies which ares of the layer are visible. Areas outside this area become transparent.

HEIGHT="n"

This attribute specifies the HEIGHT, measured in pixels, of the object to which it has been assigned.

LEFT="n"

This attribute defines the layer's horizontal position, measured in pixels, with respect to the left edge of the parent layer.

NAME=" ... "

This tag is used to mark a location within a document with a unique name. This named location can then be quickly moved to by means of a hyperlink using the HREF="#URL" attribute. Note the pound (#) sign before the URL. The pound sign used in this way indicates to the browser that the target location has been defined by the NAME=" ... " attribute.

SRC="URL"

This attribute defines the absolute or relative location (URL) of the document containing the contents of the layer.

TOP="n"

This attribute defines the layer's vertical position, measured in pixels, with respect to the top edge of the parent layer.

VISIBILITY="SHOW, HIDE or INHERIT"

This attribute will define whether the layer is initially visible or not.

WIDTH="n"

This attribute defines, in pixels or as a percentage of browser window width, the width of the layer.

Z-INDEX="n"

This attribute defines where in the layer stack that particular layer will be placed. A value of zero ("0") will be on the bottom. A value of one ("1") will be over that, etc.

This tag also accepts the following Event Handlers: onBlur onFocus onHelp onLoad onMouseDown onMouseUp onMouseOver onMouseMove onMouseOut . onKeyPress onKeyDown onKeyUp onResize onRowEnter onRowExit onScroll onSelect onSelectStart