HTML Components (HTCs) are a legacy technology used to implement components in script as Dynamic HTML (DHTML) "behaviors" in the Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser. Such files typically use an .htc extension and the "text/x-component" MIME type.
An HTC is typically an HTML file (with JScript / VBScript) and a set of elements that define the component. This helps to organize behavior encapsulated in script modules that can be attached to parts of a Webpage DOM.
Example
<body> <ul> <li style="behavior:url(hilite.htc)">Example</li> </ul> </body>In this example, the li element is given the behavior defined by "hilite.htc" (a file that contains JScript code defining highlight/lowlight actions on mouse over). The same hilite.htc can then be given to any element in the HTML page - thus encapsulating the behavior defined by this file.
See also
- Web components
- HTML Template Language (HTL), supported by Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
External links
- Using HTML Components to Implement DHTML Behaviors in Script
- W3C Note on HTML Components
- Using cross-browser HTML Components
- Converting HTC behaviors to cross browser Javascript
References
declared obsolete by Microsoft as of MSIE 10 "This topic documents a feature of Binary Behaviors, which are obsolete as of Internet Explorer 10" http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh772404(v=vs.85).aspx ↩
Introduction to DHTML Behaviors http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms531018.aspx ↩
MIME Types in IIS https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb742440.aspx ↩