Paragraph

Support Key: [2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE1|M1|N1|O2.1]		 What is it?
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End Tag:
    Optional
Standards Details:
 In all HTML 4.x/XHTML DTDs
XHTML Modules:
 Text
CSS 'display' Type:
 "block"
CSS Mapping:
 NA
Default Rendering:
 By itself adds a linefeed.
Official Docs:
 HTML 4.x, XHTML 1.1

What is it?
The purpose of the P element is to define a paragraph. The exact indentation, leading space, etc. of a paragraph is not specified and may be a function of other tags, style sheets, etc. Paragraphs are typically surrounded by a vertical space of one line or a half line. Additionally, the first line in the paragraph may be indented in some cases.

Common Attributes
%Core%
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE3|M|N4B2|O3.5]
%Accessibility%
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE4B1|M|N6|O5]
%Events%
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE4B1|M|N6B1|O4]
%Language%
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE4|M|N6B1|O]
%Editing%
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE5.5|M|N|O]

Specific Attributes
Align
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE1|M2B4|N1|O2.1]
Standards Details: Deprecated in HTML 4.x/XHTML 1.0. Dropped in XHTML 1.1 in favor of CSS.
Required? No
Description:
This indicates the alignment of the Paragraph text in the browser window.
Values: Left [DEFAULT] | Center | Right | Justify
Clear
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE4|M|N|O2.1-6.x]
Standards Details: NA
Required? No
Description:
This attribute helps an author in situations with floating objects (images, tables, etc.) produced through the Left and Right ALIGN attributes. It allows content to stop being flowed around the floated element.
Values:
   None [DEFAULT - No special line breaking effects are applied relative to the floating element.]
   Left [breaks line after this element and moves down vertically until the left margin is clear of floated objects.]
   Right [breaks line after this element and moves down vertically until the right margin is clear of floated objects.]
   All [breaks line after this element and moves down vertically until both margins are clear of floated objects.]
Height
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE|M|N|O4-6.x]
Standards Details: NA
Required? No
Description:
This attribute explicitly specifies the height of this block element in pixels.
Values: Positive integers.
SDAForm
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE|M|N|O]
Standards Details: NA
Required? No
Description:
This is an SGML Document Access (SDA) attribute. SDA attributes are designed to transform HTML (and other SGML-based documents) to the ICADD DTD - which is used in creating accessible documents for users with visual disabilities (rendering in Braille, large print, speech synthesis, etc.) The attribute value specifies the name of the element to convert this element to in the SDA element group (in this case the 'Para' element - "Paragraph".)
Value: Para (Denotes 'paragraph' in SDA.)
Width
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE|M|N|O4-6.x]
Standards Details: NA
Required? No
Description:
This attribute explicitly specifies the width of this block element in pixels.
Values: Positive integers.
Example
<p align="right">text</p>
Parent Model
%Block Parent%
Content Model
%In-line Content%
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