Plaintext

Plaintext Support Key: [2\|3\|3.2\|4] [X1\|X1.1] [IE1\|M1\|N1\|O2.1*]	What is it? Attributes Tag Example	Parent/Content Model Tips & Tricks Browser Peculiarities
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Quick Statistics
End Tag:		Required/NA (see below)
Standards Details:		2.0: Obsolete 3.0/3.2: Deprecated 4.0: Not listed XHTML: Not listed
XHTML Modules:		NA
CSS 'display' Type:		"block"
CSS Mapping:		NA
Default Rendering:		Fixed-width font, further tag parsing halted
Official Docs:		None

What is it?: The original specification for this obsolete element states that it be used to stop the parsing of HTML tags by the browser. What follows after is not SGML. The PLAINTEXT element specification did not accept a closing tag. The text after the opening PLAINTEXT tag is typically rendered as a fixed-width font.

This element is no longer standard HTML. It is considered "obsolete" in the HTML 2.0 , 3.0 and 3.2 specifications, and is not mentioned in HTML 4.0 and beyond. It may be implemented by browsers for backward compatibility.

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|N6B3|O4]
%Language%: [2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE4|M|N6B3|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] [IE|M|N|O6]: Standards Details: NA; Required? No; Description:
This indicates the horizontal alignment of the content in this block element relative to the browser window.; Values: Left [DEFAULT] | Center | Right
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 'Lit' element - "literal or computer text".); Value: Lit (Denotes 'literal or computer text' in SDA.)

Tips & Tricks

DTD Note: This element is listed as an "Obsolete Element" in the HTML 2.0 DTD. It is still listed under "Deprecated Elements" in the expired HTML 3.0 draft and HTML 3.2 recommendation and is still understood by some browsers.
There is little reason why this element should ever be used.
Use at your own risk. Because the support and syntax are so erratic between browsers, consistent behavior can never be guaranteed.

Browser Peculiarities

[Test] All Opera versions, IE4+, and Netscape up to version 6.0 support the original PLAINTEXT specification which did not accept a closing tag.
[Test] Internet Explorer up to version 3, Netscape 6.1+ and all Mosaic versions provide for a closing tag. A closing tag would allow placement in regions other than the end of a HTML document.