Paragraph
Insert a paragraph of text. The width of the paragraph is inherited from the surrounding element.
Child elements
A
, Action
, B
, Barcode
, Br
, Clip
, Color
, Fontface
, ForAll
, Frame
, HSpace
, I
, Image
, Initial
, Loop
, NoBreak
, Span
, Sub
, Sup
, Switch
, U
, URL
, Value
Parent elements
Case
, ForAll
, Loop
, Otherwise
, SetVariable
, Td
, Text
, Textblock
, Until
, While
Attributes
allowbreak
(text, optional)-
(Experimental!) list of characters where a line break is possible. Space character is not implied when this attribute is set.
bidi
(optional, since version 4.1.14)-
Analyze direction of the text. Useful for mixing left-to-right and right-to-left text.
yes
-
Analyze text.
no
-
Don’t handle mixed directions (default).
class
(text, optional)-
CSS class for this paragraph.
color
(text, optional, CSS property: color)-
Color of the paragraph. Must be defined with DefineColor before use.
direction
(text, optional, since version 4.1.12)-
The text direction (ltr or rtl)
font-outline
(length, optional, since version 4.13.15)-
Set the line width of the font outline.
fontfamily
(text, optional, CSS property: font-family)-
The name of the font family for the paragraph. The default is »text« (lowercase t).
html
(optional, since version 4.1.2)-
Set the HTML processing mode. Defaults to 'all'.
all
-
Interpret HTML starting from the current element.
inner
-
Ignore the name of the outer element.
off
-
Switch off HTML in this paragraph. Use only the text value.
id
(text, optional)-
CSS id for this paragraph.
label-left
(text, optional, since version 4.1.4)-
A text to the left of the paragraph.
label-left-align
(optional, since version 4.1.4)-
Alignment of the text.
left
-
Left aligned
right
-
Right aligned
label-left-distance
(length, optional, since version 4.1.4)-
Horizontal distance between text and paragraph (if right aligned).
label-left-width
(length, optional, since version 4.1.4)-
Width of the text.
language
(optional)-
Name of the language for hyphenation and rendering.
padding-left
(length, optional, since version 3.9.27)-
Set the left padding, i.e. the inner distance to the allocated area.
padding-right
(length, optional, since version 3.9.27)-
Set the right padding, i.e. the inner distance to the allocated area.
role
(optional, since version 3.5.7)-
The role for PDF/UA (accessibility, tagged PDF)
H1
-
Heading level 1
P
-
A paragraph.
textformat
(text, optional)-
Name of the textformat that is applied to the paragraph. If none is specified the textformat
text
is used.
Example
<Textblock>
<Paragraph fontfamily="Title">
<Value>Hello World</Value>
</Paragraph>
</Textblock>
See also
The section text formatting and the command Options for a list of all languages.