<spacer>

Summary

<spacer> is an HTML element which is used for inserting white spaces to web pages. It was created by NetScape for achieving same effect as a single-pixel layout GIF image, which was something web designers used to use to add white spaces to web pages, without actually using a GIF. However <spacer> is not supported by any major browser and same effects can be created with various CSS rules. In Mozilla applications, support for this element was removed in Gecko 2.0. Therefore usage of <spacer> is unnecessary.

Attributes

Like all other HTML elements, this element supports the global attributes.

type

This attribute determines type of spacer. Possible values are horizontal, vertical and block.

size

This attribute can be used for defining size of spacer in pixels when type is horizontal or vertical.

width

This attribute can be used for defining width of spacer in pixels when type is block.

height

This attribute can be used for defining height of spacer in pixels when type is block.

align

This attribute determines alignment of spacer. Possible values are left, right and center.

 

Example

<span>Just a text node</span>
<spacer type="horizontal" size="10"></spacer>
<span>Just another text node</span>
<spacer type="block" width="10" height="10"></spacer>