HTMLB Controls and Style Editor 

Purpose

The look of most visible HTMLB controls can be adapted with the Style Editor. See section Editability in Style Editor on the More Info page for the respective HTMLB controls.

Controls that use common styles only, such as the standard font color, are not presented in the Style Editor. Examples for these controls are the checkbox, the dropdown list box, and the radio button. The look of these controls can be customized by changing common styles, such as text, links, or cursor definitions.

Browser Platforms

There is a difference with respect to which attributes can be edited or not on different browser platforms. In general, the options for Netscape 4.7 are more restricted than those for other Web browsers.

The following controls cannot be changed for Netscape 4.7 as target platform:

·        Cursor: Cursor for clickable and non-clickable elements

·        Input Field: Background color of editable and non-editable input fields

·        Button: Buttons have the default HTML look (gray and 3D); only the font type and size can be changed via common styles

·        Text Edit: The default HTML element is used; only the font type and size can be changed via common styles

For details with respect to specific controls, see section Editability in Style Editor on the More Info pages.

Common Styles

There are so-called common styles, which affect more than one control in the content area. We list these styles here, in order to avoid redundant lists for each control.

While for Internet Explorer 5 and above, the common styles affect the controls cursor, input field, link and text, for Netscape 4.7 common styles affect only link and text.

Common styles for controls and different browsers platforms

Control	Style	IE 5 and above	Netscape 4.7
Cursor	Cursor for Clickable Elements	X
	Cursor for Non-Clickable Elements	X
Input Field	Background Color for Editable Fields	X
	Background Color for Non-Editable Fields	X
Link	Font Color for Unvisited Links	X	X
	Text Decoration for Unvisited Links	X	X
	Font Color for Active Links	X
	Text Decoration for Active Links	X
	Font Color for Links on Mouseover (Hover)	X
	Text Decoration for Links on Mouseover	X
	Font Color for Visited Links	X	X
	Text Decoration for Visited Links	X	X
Text
Text Styles	Standard Font Family	X	X
Standard Text	Standard Font Size	X	X
	Standard Font Color	X	X
	Standard Font Style	X	X
	Standard Font Weight	X	X
Non-Standard Text	Font Size for Small Text	X	X
	Font Size for Large Text	X	X
	Font Size for Extra Large Text	X	X
	Font Style for Text Used as a Reference	X	X
	Font Color for Headlines	X	X
	Font Weight for Headlines	X	X
	Font Weight for Emphasized Text	X	X