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Text Containers

HTML elements used to contain text.

Contents

  1. Blockquote
    <blockquote>
  2. Code
    <code>
  3. Paragraph
    <p>
  4. Preformatted Text
    <pre>

Blockquote

Used to denote quoted content.

Demo:

blockquote
blockquote

Code

Used to denote code. On Wacky, the style of <code> changes when directly placed inside a <p>, <li> or <pre>.

The background of the demo box has been darkened to improve contrast.

Demo:

code
<code>code</code>

code

<p>
  <code>code</code>
</p>
  • code
    • <li>
  <code>code</code>
</li>
    code
    <pre>
  <code>code</code>
</pre>

    Paragraph

    Separates long passages of text into paragraphs.

    Demo:

    paragraph 1

    paragraph 2

    <p>paragraph 1</p>
<p>paragraph 2</p>

    lang=""

    Used to specify the language of the text. This attribute only accepts ISO 639-1 language codes as values, see here for a full list.

    Aside from semantics, specifying the language will ensure that browsers render non-english characters correctly (issue described here).

    Demo:

    This text is in English

    <p lang="en">This text is in English</p>

    Preformatted Text

    Used to denote that the text has been preformatted. This is useful as it prevents line wrapping and preserves whitespaces and line breaks therefore retaining text structure.

    Demo:

    Consecutive whitespace characters    are retained
    <pre>Consecutive whitespace characters    are retained</pre>
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