Keylight Meta Tag

PocketBrowser 3.x API

The Keylight Meta Tag is an action tag used to control the keyboard backlight and its intensity.

Keylight (META Tag) Syntax
<META HTTP-Equiv="Keylight" content="[method / parameter>

Items listed in this section indicate methods or, in some cases, indicate parameters which will be retrieved.

Name Description
Default Value
On Turns the keyboard backlight on. Device Dependant
Off Turns the keyboard backlight off. Device Dependant
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Items listed in this section indicate parameters, or attributes which can be set.

Name Possible Values Description
Default Value
Intensity:[Value] Positive Number, see remarks for range Sets the keyboard backlight to the specified intensity. Device Dependant
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The following example turns the keyboard backlight on with an intensity of 3:

<META HTTP-Equiv="Keylight-On" Content="Intensity:3">
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General
The intensity tag will only have an observable effect if the keyboard backlight is turned on, setting the intensity by its self is insufficient to illuminate the backlight.

Device Limits
The levels of supported keylight intensity is device dependant. When the Keylight module is first loaded it writes the supported levels to the log file as INFORMATION so you can determine the maximum setting from the log file.


Supported Platforms Windows CE, Windows Mobile
Persistence This tag is persistent.
Min. Requirements This tag requires appropriate hardware and drivers to run, i.e. a device with a keyboard backlight.