<SPACER>

Description

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

Attributes

ALIGN
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.

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

SIZE
The number of pixels the spacer should occupy.

TYPE
Valid values are HORIZONTAL, VERTICAL and BLOCK.

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

Examples

<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.

This text is just some text to show how the spacer works. So notice how the beginning of this text indents 100 pixels.

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.

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.

<SPACER type="block" align="right" width="100" height="100">

The element can also be used like an invisible IMG element. By supplying a

WIDTH and HEIGHT results in an empty rectangular space not covered

with any text at all.

The element can also be used like an invisible IMG element. By supplying a WIDTH and HEIGHT results in an empty rectangular space not covered with any text at all.