Topic:

<TAB> Horizontal Tab

Definition:

The TAB element can be used when you want fine control over the horizontal positioning. The TAB element, together with style sheets, allows conversion software to preserve layout information when importing documents created with conventional word processing software.

Attributes:

ID
An SGML identifier used to name a new tab stop at the current position. The scope of the tab stop is the rest of the document.

INDENT
Specifies the number of en units before the tab stop. The en is a typographical unit equal to half the point size. It allows authors to control the leading indent before text, e.g. in poetry, one might use: <TAB INDENT=6> to indent six en units at the start of a line. The INDENT attribute is not meaningful when combined with the TO attribute.

TO
Specifies a previously defined tab stop (see ID attribute).

ALIGN
Lines are usually rendered according to the alignment option for the enclosing paragraph element. The ALIGN attribute can be used to explicitly specify the horizontal alignment:
align=left - Following text starts immediately after the designated tab stop (the default).
align=center - Following text up to next tab or line break is centered on the designated tab stop. If the TO attribute is missing, it centers the text between the current left and right margins.
align=right - Following text up to the next tab or line break is rendered flush right to the designated tab stop. If the TO attribute is missing, it renders the text flush right against the current right margin.
align=decimal - The following text is searched for the first occurrence of the character representing the decimal point. The text up to the next tab or line break is then aligned such that the decimal point starts at the designated tab stop. If the TO attribute is missing, the tab element is treated as a single space character.

DP
This specifies the character to be used for the decimal point with the ALIGN attribute, e.g. dp="." (the default) or dp=",". The default may be altered by the language context, as set by the LANG attribute on enclosing elements.

Context:

<TAB> is legal within:
<A>, <ABBREV>, <ACRONYM>, <ADDRESS>, <AU>, <B>, <BANNER>, <BIG>, <BODYTEXT>, <CAPTION>, <CITE>, <CODE>, <CREDIT>, <DD>, <DEL>, <DFN>, <DIV>, <DT>, <EM>, <FIGTEXT>, <FN>, <FORM>, <H1>, <H2>, <H3>, <H4>, <H5>, <H6>, <I>, <INS>, <KBD>, <LANG>, <LH>, <LI>, <NOTE>, <P>, <PERSON>, <Q>, <S>, <SAMP>, <SMALL>, <STRONG>, <SUB>, <SUP>, <TD>, <TH>, <TT>, <U>, <VAR>

The following markup can be used within <TAB>
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Suggested style/usage:

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Example:

<TAB INDENT=6>This is a great way to indent a paragraph or set off an image.