HTML 3 Element Test Document

This document includes many of the elements introduced in HTML 3. It is intended as a test document to check whether browsers have implemented support for HTML 3 elements.


The <P> Tag

A number of alignment attributes are proposed for P in HTML 3. These include center, left, right, indent and justify. Another new attribute is WRAP=off, which switches off word wrapping. The problem with these attributes is that they require P to have a closing container. Many documents do not have closing containers for P tags, since it was not required in previous versions of HTML. This poses a problem for browsers. Here are samples of each of the proposed attributes:

This is in align=center

This is in align=right

This is in align=left

This is in align=justify. I guess it should be a long paragraph. Probably several lines long to see whether or not the lins are justified. Hopefully this is long enough for you to check whether or not the attribute works.


UL Tag

The PLAIN attribute has been proposed for UL: <UL PLAIN>. It would take the place of MENU and DIR, although those tags would be retained for backward compatibility.


New: <FIG> Tag

FIG is similar to IMG, but acts as a paragraph. Captions are also supposed to be defined. "A bear icon" This should be a teddy bear icon. Internetworks has some support for FIG, although CAPTION does not seem to be supported, and text within the FIG is lost. Internetworks does support clicking on portions of the picture to jump to specific links.

The text in the following paragraphs will flow around the figure if there is enough room. The browser is free to position the caption at the top, bottom or sides of the figure. Click on a day of the week for an event listing A line drawing with a triangle rectangle

Internetworks is the only browser in which we found support for FIG, you may wish to stick with IMG for now.


Tables

Tables are probably the most important addition to the HTML specification, since they provide a way to align things. Here is a simple table.
Internet Growth
Date Number of Hosts
8/81 213
5/82 235
8/83 562
10/84 1,024

You can find more information about HTML 3 in the working specification for it.


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