Version 5.9.14

`Textblock`

Create a rectangular piece of text.

Child elements

Bookmark, Copy-of, ForAll, HTML, Loop, Mark, Ol, Paragraph, Switch, Ul, Value

Parent elements

Clip, Frame, Overlay, PlaceObject, Position, Td, Transformation

Attributes

angle (number, optional): The angle (counter clockwise) that the text gets turned.
class (text, optional, since version 5.9.14): CSS class for this text block.
color (text, optional, CSS property: color): The name of the color of the text.
columndistance (number or length, optional, CSS property: column-gap): Distance between two columns. Defaults to 3mm.
columns (number, optional, CSS property: column-count): Number of columns in the textblock. Do not use multi columns for any other purposes than simple text.
fontfamily (text, optional): The name of the font family. Defaults to text.
id (text, optional, since version 5.9.14): CSS id for this text block.
language (optional, since version 4.1.1): Set the language for hyphenation and rendering.
minheight (number or length, optional, since version 2.3.28): The minimum height of the textblock, given as a length or number (grid cells).
textformat (text, optional): The name of the text format to be applied to the text. Defaults to text.
width (number, optional, CSS property: width): Number of columns for the text. If not given, the surrounding element determines the width of the element.

CSS

In CSS selectors, this command is called textblock. Attributes marked “CSS property” can also be set with CSS; the attribute on the command takes precedence unless the CSS declaration is marked !important. The section CSS for layout commands describes further properties, precedence and inheritance.

Remarks

The textformat change the appearance of the paragraphs. They have to be previously defined by DefineTextformat.

Be careful when using multi column typesetting. This will only work with simple text, not with lists or so.

Example

<Record element="data">
  <PlaceObject>
    <Textblock width="10" angle="-20">
      <Paragraph>
        <B><Value>Bold slanted text</Value></B>
      </Paragraph>
    </Textblock>
  </PlaceObject>
</Record>