Java Reference
In-Depth Information
This appendix is a reference to the elements and tags used by Wireless Markup Language
(WML). An online version of this WML tag reference (also written by Bryan Morgan) is avail-
able from Wireless Developer Network at
http://www.wirelessdevnet.com/channels/refview.phtml?cat=wmltags
.
WML Elements
WML uses 36 elements. These elements are described in Table F.1.
T
ABLE
F. 1
WML Elements
Element Name
Tag
Description
A
A short form for the
<anchor>
element. It is recom-
mended to use the
<a>
tag as opposed to the
<anchor>
tag.
<a>
Access
Controls access level for the deck (local access only if
access control is enabled).
<access>
Anchor
Used to define an anchor, similar to HTML's
<a>
element.
<anchor>
Big
Causes text to be displayed with a large font.
<big>
Bold
Used to display text with a bold font.
<b>
Break
Inserts a new line.
<br>
Card
Defines a single “Card” in a deck.
<card>
Do
Used to map an action to a user interface element.
<do>
Emphasis
Used to display text with emphasis.
<em>
Fieldset
Allows grouping of related fields and text.
<fieldset>
Go
Defines an action task used to specify navigation to a
URL.
<go>
Head
Contains information relating to the deck as a whole,
including metadata and access control elements.
<head>
Italic
Renders text with an italic font.
<i>
Image
Used to display a WBMP image.
<img>
Input
Specifies a text entry object.
<input>
Meta
Contains generic metainformation for the deck.
<meta>
Noop
“No Operation.” Specifies that nothing should be done.
<noop>
OnEvent
Used to create an event handler for the enclosing
element.
<onevent>
