layer

Attributes

attribute	default	description
id	none	specifies the unique ID
above	---	specifies that the layer is displayed above the current layer
background	none	specifies the bacground image to be tiled on a layer
below	---	specifies that the layer is displayed below the current layer
bgcolor	transparent	specifies the background color of the layer
clip	none	specifies the clipping region (viewable area) of the layer
height	none	specifies the height of the layer's content
width	none	specifies the width of the layer's content
left	none	specified the X-coordinate in relation to a parent layer
top	none	specified the Y-coordinate in relation to a parent layer
name	none	specifies the name of the layer
pagex	none	specifies the X-coordinate in relation to the page
pagey	none	specifies the Y-coordinate in relation to the page
visibility	show	specifies whether the layer is visible or not (show, hide, inherit)
z-index	none	specifies the Z-coordinate (layer's stacking order) (zero or more positive)
src	none	specifies the URL of the document to be displayed to the layer

Support

[Netscape 4]

Explanation

The layer tag displays a content at the specified location on the page. It works only in Netscape 4.
If specifying the <layer> tag in block-level and inline-level, use the <ilayer> tag.

Related Tags

div, ilayer, nolayer, span