NS

<SPACER>

With a spacer you can control the horizontal whitespace that appears between words in a line, the vertical whitespace that appears between lines on a page, or set up rectangular spacing elements.

The tag can be nested into any other HTML element, like tables or frames. They can also be controlled by JavaScript for all values.

ALIGN
NS
This attribute defines how the spacer is positioned on the page.

Value Description
ABSBOTTOM Aligns the bottom of the spacer with the bottom of the current line.
ABSMIDDLE Aligns the middle of the spacer with the middle of the current line.
BASELINE Aligns the bottom of the spacer with the baseline of the text in the line. This value does the same as ALIGN=BOTTOM.
BOTTOM Aligns the bottom of the spacer with the baseline of the text in the line. This value does the same as ALIGN=BASELINE.
LEFT Places the spacer at the left margin of the page.
MIDDLE Aligns the middle of the spacer with the baseline of the text.
RIGHT Places the spacer at the right margin of the page.
TEXTTOP Aligns the top of the spacer with the top of the text in the line.
TOP Aligns the top of the spacer with the top of the largest item in the line.


HEIGHT
NS
The height of the spacer specified as a number of pixels or as a percentage of screen height.

SIZE
NS
The number of pixels the spacer should occupy.

TYPE
NS
Valid values are HORIZONTAL, VERTICAL and BLOCK.

WIDTH
NS
The width of the spacer specified as a number of pixels or as a percentage of screen width.

 
Source:
<SPACER TYPE=HORIZONTAL SIZE=100>This text is just some text to show
how the spacer works. So notice how the beginning of this text
indents 100 pixels.
 
Result: This text is just some text to show how the spacer works. So notice how the beginning of this text indents 100 pixels.

 
Source:
The second example shows the use of a vertical spacer. Here it is
used to  force <SPACER TYPE=VERTICAL SIZE=30> a break between these
two lines, which is exactly 30 pixels.
 
Result: The second example shows the use of a vertical spacer. Here it is used to force a break between these two lines, which is exactly 30 pixels.

 
Source:
<SPACER TYPE=BLOCK ALIGN=RIGHT WIDTH=100 HEIGHT=100>
The tag can also be used like an invisible IMG tag. By supplying a
WIDTH and HEIGHT results in an empty rectangular space not covered
with any text at all.
 
Result: The tag can also be used like an invisible IMG tag. By supplying a WIDTH and HEIGHT results in an empty rectangular space not covered with any text at all.


Statistics Copyright © 1996, 1997 Rob Schlüter
Last updated 1997/05/01
Email: schluter@knoware.nl