WML - Formatting

This section will describe basic text formatting elements of WML.

Line Break:

The <br /> element defines a pne break and almost all WAP browsers supports a pne break tag.

The <br /> element supports the following attributes:

Following is the example showing usage of <br /> element.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.2//EN"
"http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml12.dtd">

<wml>

<card title="Line Break Example">
<p apgn="center">
This is a <br /> paragraph with a pne break.
</p>
</card>

</wml>

This will produce the following result:

Text Paragraphs:

The <p> element defines a paragraph of text and WAP browsers always render a paragraph in a new pne.

A <p> element is required to define any text, image or a table in WML.

The <p> element supports the following attributes:

Following is the example showing usage of <p> element.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.2//EN"
"http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml12.dtd">

<wml>

<card title="Paragraph Example">
<p apgn="center">
This is first  paragraph
</p>
<p apgn="right">
This is second  paragraph
</p>
</card>

</wml>

This will produce the following result:

WML Tables:

The <table> element along with <tr> and <td> is used to create a table in WML. WML does not allow the nesting of tables

A <table> element should be put with-in <p>...</p> elements.

The <table /> element supports the following attributes:

Following is the example showing usage of <table> element.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.2//EN"
"http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml12.dtd">

<wml>

<card title="WML Tables">
<p>
<table columns="3" apgn="LCR">
	<tr>
	  <td>Col 1</td>
	  <td>Col 2</td>
	  <td>Col 3</td>
	</tr>

	<tr>
	  <td>A</td>
	  <td>B</td>
	  <td>C</td>
	</tr>

	<tr>
	  <td>D</td>
	  <td>E</td>
	  <td>F</td>
	</tr>
</table>
</p>
</card>

</wml>

This will produce the following result:

Preformatted Text:

The <pre> element is used to specify preformatted text in WML. Preformatted text is text of which the format follows the way it is typed in the WML document.

This tag preserves all the white spaces enclosed inside this tag. Make sure you are not putting this tag inside <p>...</p>

The <pre> element supports following attributes:

Following is the example showing usage of <pre> element.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.2//EN"
"http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml12.dtd">

<wml>

<card title="Preformatted Text">
   <pre>
   This is     preformatted
        text and will appear
 as it it.
</pre>
</card>

</wml>

This will produce the following result: