Formatted Text Area Formatting

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The FormattedTextArea class accepts the following HTML tags and attributes. Some of the attributes are in addition to the attribute found in HTML and are used for advanced paragraph and line properties. Please note that white space can be treated literally or ignored (standard behavior for HTML).

These tags map directly into the FormattedTextAreaStyle class. This class is used internally to manage the state of the Formatted Text Area. The style property of the Formatted Text Area represents the initial state of the text.

<B ... - Bold Tag

Enclosed text is bold.

<Font ... - Font Tag

Attribute	Values	Description
Color	Web Color Hex String.	Color of the text.
Face	A String value.	The font family to use for the text. The 5 built-in font families ("Times" \| "Helvetica" \| "Courier" \| "Symbol" \| "ZapfDingbats") can be specified or additional ones can be added through the FormattedTextArea's FontFaces property.
Size	An integer value.	Specifies the HTML font size for the text. This is mapped to a point size internally (0 = 6 points, 1 = 8 points, 2 = 10 points, 3 = 12 points, 4 = 14 points, 5 = 18 points, 6 = 24 points, 7 = 36 points).
PointSize	A decimal value.	The size in points of the text.

<I ... - Italics Tag

Enclosed text is italic.

<Line ... - Line Tag

Attribute	Values	Description
Leading	A decimal value.	The leading of the line.
LeadingType	auto \| atLeast \| exactly	Specifies how leading is calculated.

<P ... - Paragraph Tag

Attribute	Values	Description
Align	left \| right \| center \| justify	Alignment of the paragraph's text.
AllowOrphanLines	true \| false	Specifies if one orphaned line should be allowed to be left on a page, or if it should be grouped with at least one other line for text continuation.
Indent	A decimal value.	The first line indentation of the paragraph in points.
LeftIndent	A decimal value.	The left indentation of the paragraph in points.
PreserveWhiteSpace	true \| false	Specifies if white space should be preserved.
RightIndent	A decimal value.	The right indentation of the paragraph in points.
SpacingAfter	A decimal value.	The spacing after the paragraph in points.
SpacingBefore	A decimal value.	The spacing before the paragraph in points.

<SUB ... - Subscript Tag

Attribute	Values	Description
Displacement	A decimal value.	The positive value will move the text downwards.

<SUP ... - Superscript Tag

Attribute	Values	Description
Displacement	A decimal value.	The positive value will move the text upwards.

<U ... - Underline Tag

Enclosed text is underlined.