5 Attribute descriptions
The attribute align can contain the values left, middle, right, top, bottom, texttop, absmiddle and absbottom. Each of these values is described below. Note that not every value can be used in every occasion when an element has the attribute align. For example, it does not make much sense to use absmiddle within a table cell to align text. Then is might be more sensible to use left, middle or right.
| Value: | Use: |
| left | Left aligns text, multimedia objects, etc. on the left hand side of a column, a table cell, etc. |
| middle | Middle or center aligns text, multimedia objects, etc. in the middle of a column, a table cell, etc. |
| right | Right aligns text, multimedia objects, etc. on the right hand side of a column, a table cell, etc. |
| top | Top aligns multimedia objects on the top of, for example, a table cell. |
| bottom | Bottom aligns multimedia objects on the bottom of, for example, a table cell. |
| texttop | Texttop aligns text at the top of graphics (vertically). |
| absmiddle | Absmiddle aligns text in the middle of graphics (vertically). |
| absbottom | Absbottom aligns text at the bottom of graphics (vertically). |
Often it might be helpful to try in a test lesson how each attribute value is displayed. Note that these representational hints are only valid if using the standard elml.xsl file. When creating an own xsl file then these representations may be changed.
Adapted from SelfHTML (Münz, 2001)
The values of the attribute icon can be adjusted to suit the needs of your project. For instructions see chapter 3.3.3. The icons can be used to mark a paragraph, a table, a list or whatever special. See the following code and representation examples to see how it works. Note that the representation examples are only valid if using the standard elml.xsl file.
XML Example 'important'
<paragraph icon="important">text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text </paragraph>
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XML Example 'question'
<paragraph icon="question">text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text </paragraph>
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XML Example 'remark'
<paragraph icon="remark">text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text </paragraph>
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