Internet Explorer Television-Style Navigation

The television-style navigation feature in Windows CE gives users a way to navigate through Web pages on devices that have a limited display size and a 5-key navigational system — for example, a television set and a remote control with a "one-thumb" control. If a custom platform includes this feature, the browser UI includes one or more of the navigational aids shown in the following table.

Navigation aid	Description
Fixed-Width Layout	Reformats Web pages on the client to eliminate horizontal scrolling. Horizontal scrolling is eliminated by removing white space between objects or within columns on tables and by compressing images. Multiple scrolling areas (frames) are reformatted to fit the fixed widths of the individual scrolling objects.
Directional Tabbing	Enables a spatial navigation system that is based on the location of selectable objects relative to each other, rather than on the HTML design of the page. In addition, the browser displays a rectangular frame around the selectable element that currently has focus.
Disable Vertical Scroll Bar	Disables vertical scroll bars. Vertical scroll bar events are available, and applications that host the browser can provide a scroll indicator user interface element to replace the scroll bars.

These UI changes are implemented through default registry settings on the device. For more information see Television-Style Navigation Registry Settings.

 Last updated on Saturday, April 10, 2004

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