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JIN Reference


Parent Elements

Start tag Purpose JIN
<body> Defines the portion of a JIN page that is diplayed on a handset's screen 2.0
<footer> The portion of the body that spans the bottom-most region of the screen 2.0
<form> Represents a submit-able HTTP request 2.0
<header> The portion of the body that spans the top-most region of the screen 2.0
<jin> Indicates the start of a JIN document and the outer-most element 2.0
<layer> Defines a window which overlays the main screen 2.0
<pop> Defines a pop-up window which overlays the main screen 2.0
<pr> Defines a page row in a JIN page 2.0
<script> Defines the start of the scripting portion of a JIN page 2.0
<stylesheet> Defines a loadable set of styles which are saved to non-volatile memory 2.0

Display Elements

Start tag Purpose JIN
<choice> Defines a vertically aligned choice group of check boxes or radio buttons 2.0
<cmd> Defines a single soft key command component 2.0
<dynimg> Defines an img element that can optionally change to another img element when it gains focus 2.0
<img> Defines an image component with optional text that overlays the image 2.0
<input> Defines a set of components that accept user input such as user entered text or button clicks 2.0
<list> Defines a selectable list of horizontally aligned items 2.0
<listitem> Defines a single list item in a list 2.0
<ln> creates a visual line on the screen 2.0
<map> Defines an image that the user can pan and zoom 2.0
<option> Defines a drop-down option list component 2.0
<selected> Defines selected or focused portion of some outer tag 2.0
<text> Defines text to be displayed 2.0

Style Attributes

Attribute  Purpose Values Default JIN
align horizontal alignment of a component left, center, right left 2.0
bg background color 0x00000 to 0xFFFFFF 0xFFFFFF 2.0
bgfocus background color of a focused component 0x00000 to 0xFFFFFF bg attribute 2.0
bgfocusimg background image of a focused component valid URL of an image bgimg attribute 2.0
bgimg background image of a component valid URL of an image none 2.0
border specifies whether to display border 0 or 1 0 2.0
bordercolor border color of a component if border is present (border=1) 0x000000 to 0xFFFFFF 0x000000 2.0
borderfocus border color of a focused component if border is present (border=1) 0x000000 to 0xFFFFFF bordercolor attribute 2.0
fg foreground color of a component 0x000000 to 0xFFFFFF 0x000000 2.0
fgfocus foreground color of a focused component 0x000000 to 0xFFFFFF fg attribute 2.0
fontsize font size of text small, medium, large medium 2.0
fontstyle font style of text bold, italic, plain, underlined plain 2.0
valign vertical alignment of a component top, center, bottom top 2.0

Common Attributes

Attribute  Purpose Values Default JIN
colspan Forces this tag to occupy the specified number of columns 1 - * 1 2.0
id Identifies this element and gives the developer the ability to later reference this object in the script directly CDATA none 2.0

Action Attributes

Attribute  Purpose JIN
onfocus Define the script that gets called when this component gains focus. Not all display elements can accept focus 2.0
onselect Define the script that gets called when this component gets selected 2.0
onload Define the script that gets called once the page has loaded. This action attribute is only valid in <body> tag 2.0
onexit Define the script that gets called when user leaves this JIN page. This action attribute is only valid in <body> tag 2.0

JIN Entities

Entity Purpose JIN
&nbsp; Non-breaking space 2.0
&br; Line break 2.0

Global Variables

WHERE makes certain values available to every widget. These are available in the request data sent to the widget. For more info see the FAQ.
Parameter Name Description Data Type
lat the user's current latitude decimal
lng the user's current longitude decimal
deviceid the unique id of the device the user registered with integer
carrier the name of the phone carrier the user registered with string
device the manufacturer and model of the device the user registered with string
screenwidth the screen width of the device the user registered with integer

Scripting

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