Shows preformatted text as it is included, with exactly specified whitespace, blank lines and such.
class=class |
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Indicates that the text is to be formatted using the specified class. |
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COLS=n |
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Maximum number of characters that can be displayed per line. |
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| dir=direction | |
Indicates the direction (right or left) that the text is to be displayed. Useful for languages which display left to right. |
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event=JavaScript |
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| When event occurs, execute the specified JavaScript. | |
id = "name" |
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You can give a text a name, which allows it to be referenced and changed in a script (dynamic HTML). |
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| lang="lang" | |
| Indicates the language of the text within the text. | |
style="style" |
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Defines the style in which the text will be displayed. This overrides any style elements at an "outer" level, such as from the BODY or the Cascading Style Sheet. |
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title="title" |
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You can give a text a title if you want. This provides some additional information about the text. I'm not sure why you would want to do this, but you could. |
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WIDTH=n |
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Maximum number of characters that can be displayed per line. |
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WRAP |
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Wrap the lines. Default is to not wrap. |
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<PRE> |
This example shows that this tag
is pretty useful as
it preserves whitespace.
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