Template:Prettypre
Use, Limitations, and Options
[edit source]Use
[edit source]Similar in use to the existing preformatting tags, but with styling options. The code to call the template and the result is shown below.
Example A | Result A | |
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{{Prettypre||border=1px solid gray|background:lightyellow|font=monospace|color=green|
a b c d e |
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z |
Example B:
The preformatted text template Pretext is used here as a parameter of Prettypre to show the formats; the template is called for use with:
Result B:
****************************************************** * * * Preformatted Text * * ------------------------ * * When used in preformatting * * 0 tags with a monospaced font, 0 * * 00 this text block and borders 00 * * 000 should be straight, with a 000 * * 0000 clean left-aligned edge. 0000 * * 00000 00000 * * 000000 The quick brown fox jumps 000000 * * 0000000 over the lazy dog's back. 0000000 * * 00000000 The time has come for all 00000000 * * 000000000 good men to come to the aid 000000000 * * of the party. (1234567890). * * * * * ******************************************************
Limitations
[edit source]There is a slight control of how overflow is handled, though care is still needed to shorten the preformatted text to fit the page, if it is not to project beyond the right border.
For those looking for a method to wrap long lines but preserve preformatting of other lines, the CSS Pre-wrap value of the White-space property will do this; at present Opera 8 and beyond support the value, Firefox 3 onwards supports it, and I am uncertain about Internet Explorer 7. Please consider these browser compatibility issues before modifying the code.
Options
[edit source]- align
- text alignment; left, right, or center. Default: left.
- border
- border, takes format eg; 1px solid black. Default: 0px.
- background
- block background color. Any. Default: transparent to give same as page.
- color
- font or foreground color. Any. Default: inherit from page
- font
- font family, size, style, etc. Default: inherit from page
- overflow
- sets how to handle text overflow. Visible, hidden, scroll, auto. Default: auto.
- style
- allow complete control over styling the preformatted box
- width
- block width, default 100%