Compact HTML, or
CHTML is the markup language of iMode and is a subset of HTML 2.0, 3.2 and 4.0. This is
not meant as a reference guide to Compact HTML, but simply shows which tags are available
and how to use them.
Strangely enough, the MIME content type
for Compact HTML is the same as for HTML, text/html.
All current iMode browser
version will read all HTML 1.0 tags. The 520i series iMode browsers will in addition read
HTML 2.0 specific tags. In addition, the browser supports the following tags. Since some
tags are supported on some iMode browsers, and others not, you should attempt to detect
which browser version that is being used. The procedure is explained here.
For the current
authoritative source on what Compact HTML contains, read the Compact HTML
for Small Information Appliances available at W3C.
In addition to most HTML 1.0/2.0 tags,
note the following differences:
| Tag name |
Action |
| <MARQUEE> |
Horizontal scrolling of text string |
| <BLINK> |
Blinking of text
string |
| <FONT> |
Sets font color |
| <BODY> |
Defines the
background, text and link colors |
| <SELECT> |
Unknown |
The
following additional attributes are supported
| Attribute name |
Action |
| istyle |
Defines the
<INPUT> text style |
|
