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The HtmlTextArea class accepts the following HTML tags and attributes. Some of the attributes are in addition to the attribute found in HTML and are used for advanced paragraph and line properties. Please note that white space can be treated literally or ignored (standard behavior for HTML).

These tags map directly into the HtmlTextAreaStyle class. This class is used internally to manage the state of the HTML Text Area. The style property of the HTML Text Area represents the initial state of the text.

<B ... - Bold Tag

Enclosed text is bold.

<Font ... - Font Tag

Attribute Values Description
Color Web Color Hex String. Color of the text.
Face A String value. The font family to use for the text. The 5 built-in font families ("Times" | "Helvetica" | "Courier" | "Symbol" | "ZapfDingbats") can be specified or additional ones can be added through the HtmlTextArea's FontFaces property.
Size An integer value. Specifies the HTML font size for the text. This is mapped to a point size internally (0 = 6 points, 1 = 8 points, 2 = 10 points, 3 = 12 points, 4 = 14 points, 5 = 18 points, 6 = 24 points, 7 = 36 points).
PointSize A decimal value. The size in points of the text.

<I ... - Italics Tag

Enclosed text is italic.

<Line ... - Line Tag

Attribute Values Description
Leading A decimal value. The leading of the line.
LeadingType auto | atLeast | exactly Specifies how leading is calculated.

<P ... - Paragraph Tag

Attribute Values Description
Align left | right | center | justify Alignment of the paragraph's text.
AllowOrphanLines true | false Specifies if one orphaned line should be allowed to be left on a page, or if it should be grouped with at least one other line for text continuation.
Indent A decimal value. The first line indentation of the paragraph in points.
LeftIndent A decimal value. The left indentation of the paragraph in points.
PreserveWhiteSpace true | false Specifies if white space should be preserved.
RightIndent A decimal value. The right indentation of the paragraph in points.
SpacingAfter A decimal value. The spacing after the paragraph in points.
SpacingBefore A decimal value. The spacing before the paragraph in points.

<U ... - Underline Tag

Enclosed text is underlined.

See Also

HtmlTextArea Class | HtmlTextAreaStyle Class | Programming With Generator for Java