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Elements

Use this table as a quick reference to understand the CSS support in the TV browser. Elements that have no special behaviors are fully supported.

Property Special Behaviors and Notes
background  
background-color Margins, padding, and borders are not taken into account when background colors are applied to inline elements such as text. The colors appear only behind the text, not within the "box" of the element as described in the CSS specification.
background-image Supported only in the <BODY> tag.
background-position Supported only in the <BODY> tag; valid values are limited to: top, center, bottom, left, and right. The values percentage and length are not supported.
background-repeat Supported only in the <BODY> tag.
border  
border-style Only the solid attribute is supported.
color  
counter-increment  
counter-reset  
float Only the none value is supported.
font  
font-family Only sans serif and monospace are supported.
font-size Since the font sizes that we support are so limited, so too is the application of this property. Currently the specified font size is mapped into a table of six standard sizes. The mapping algorithm simply picks the standard size that is closest to the specified size. Sizes that fall outside the range provided in the table are simply mapped to the largest or smallest available size. Effects, such as a run of text that gradually gets smaller or larger, are lost if the sizes specified fall outside the range of the table.

According to the CSS specification, percentage values for this property should be based exclusively on the font size of the parent element. The TV browser calculates font sizes based on the percentage of the default font size for the element.

Relative values (smaller & larger) are not supported.

font-style The value oblique maps to italic.
font-variant  
Property Special Behaviors and Notes
font-weight  
height Applicable only to <DIV> tags.
left Applicable only to <DIV> tags.
line-height  
list-style  
list-style-image  
list-style-type  
margin  
margin-left  
position Applicable only to <DIV> tags. The value fixed is not supported.
text-align The value justify is not supported.
text-decoration Includes the WebTV specific values of: relief, shadow, and emboss.
text-indent  
text-shadow  
text-transform  
top Applicable only to <DIV> tags.
vertical-align  
visibility Applicable only to <DIV> tags.
z-index Applicable only to <DIV> tags.
font Applicable only to <DIV> tags.

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