Spacer

Spacer Support Key: [2\|3\|3.2\|4] [X1\|X1.1] [IE\|M\|*N3B5-6.2*\|O]	What is it? Attributes Tag Example	Parent/Content Model Tips & Tricks Browser Peculiarities
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Quick Statistics
End Tag:	Omitted
Standards Details:	NA
XHTML Modules:	NA
CSS 'display' Type:	"inline" (replaced element)
CSS Mapping:	NA
Default Rendering:	Element is replaced with a transparent blank space of the specified dimensions

What is it?: The SPACER element attempts to give the author more control over white space in HTML documents. The author can control horizontal-only spacing, vertical-only spacing, or block spacing (vertical and horizontal) as well.

Common Attributes
%Core%: [2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE|M|N6-6.2|O]
%Accessibility%: [2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE|M|N6-6.2|O]
Specific Attributes
Align
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE|M|N3B5-6.2|O]: Standards Details: NA; Required? No; Description:
This attribute only applies when the TYPE is Block. It controls alignment of the surrounding text relative to the spacing block.; Values:
Left | Right | Top | Texttop | Middle | Absmiddle | Baseline | Bottom | Absbottom
Height
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE|M|N3B5-6.2|O]: Standards Details: NA; Required? No; Description:
This attribute only applies when the TYPE is Block. It controls the pixel height of the Block [Rectangle] SPACER element.; Values: Positive integers.
Size
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE|M|N3B5-6.2|O]: Standards Details: NA; Required? No; Description:
This attribute only applies when the SPACER has a TYPE of Horizontal or Vertical. It controls the pixel width or height of the SPACER element.; Values: Positive integers.
Type
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE|M|N3B5-6.2|O]: Standards Details: NA; Required? Yes; Description:
The values for TYPE allow different types of control over whitespace spacing.; Values:
   Horizontal: [DEFAULT] This TYPE inserts horizontal space between text or content objects. The amount of space is specified by the SIZE attribute. Other SPACER attributes will be ignored.
   Vertical: This TYPE inserts vertical space between lines. The amount of space is specified by the SIZE attribute. Other SPACER attributes will be ignored.
   Block: This TYPE behaves exactly like a transparent image. When this type is used, the SIZE attribute will be ignored and Height, Width and Align will be analyzed in its place.
Width
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE|M|N3B5-6.2|O]: Standards Details: NA; Required? No; Description:
This attribute only applies when the TYPE is Block. It controls the pixel width of the Block [Rectangle] SPACER element.; Values: Positive integers.

Example: <spacer TYPE="block" ALIGN="left" WIDTH=100 HEIGHT=100>
This is text that began with a SPACER element. Do you like it?
<br CLEAR="left">

Parent Model: %In-line Parent% | %Block Parent%
Content Model: This element does not accept any content

Tips & Tricks

This element is not a part of any HTML standard or draft and it is pretty certain it never will be, due to the wider control allowed through Cascading Style Sheets [-->Index DOT Css] that have been incorporated in HTML 4.0.
Netscape was the only browser to support this element, and it no longer does so; its use is discouraged.
DTD Note: No DTD information exists regarding this element. The behavioral model used here was the IMG element, which this element most closely resembles in attributes and intended behavior. The attribute requirement qualifications are only personal guesses and should not be taken as gospel (like the TYPE attribute being required - since HORIZONTAL is the default value, this is probably not required, but rather just a 'good idea'.)

Browser Peculiarities

Nothing to report.