Stylus Meta Tag - Zebra Technologies TechDocs

The Stylus Meta Tag is an action tag used to enable and disable the touch screen.

Stylus (META Tag) Syntax
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Stylus" content="[method>

Stylus (META Tag) Syntax
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Stylus" content="[method>

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

Name Description

Default Value

Enabled Enables the touch screen Device Dependant

Disabled Disables the touch screen Device Dependant

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<script> /* The Stylus META Tag is an action tag used to enable or disable the touch screen. */ function doStylusInit() { var objGeneric = new ActiveXObject("PocketBrowser.Generic"); //objGeneric.InvokeMETAFunction('Stylus', 'Enabled'); /* Enables the touch screen */ //objGeneric.InvokeMETAFunction('Stylus', 'Disabled'); /* Disables the touch screen */ } </script>

The following example disables the touch screen until the Enter key is pressed:
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Stylus" content="Disabled">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="OnKey0x0d" content="javascript:doTest();">

<SCRIPT>
function doTest()
{
var objGeneric = new ActiveXObject("PocketBrowser.Generic");
objGeneric.InvokeMETAFunction('Stylus', 'Enabled');
}
</SCRIPT>
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 <META HTTP-EQUIV="Stylus" content="Disabled"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="OnKey0x0d" content="javascript:doTest();"> <SCRIPT> function doTest() { var objGeneric = new ActiveXObject("PocketBrowser.Generic"); objGeneric.InvokeMETAFunction('Stylus', 'Enabled'); } </SCRIPT>

Remote Display

This tag does not affect the behaviour of remote display applications for controlling the device

Supported Platforms Windows CE, Windows Mobile

Persistence This tag is persistent.

Min. Requirements None.