The HTML code to wrap text in HTML TT tags can be generated using JavaScript.
TT tags denote fixed-width text in HTML and the method is named fixed() in JavaScript.
MyHTML = MyText.fixed();Important Note
The fixed() method is not standardized and may not behave consistently in all browsers.
It should be avoided if possible, and CSS should be used instead. An example using CSS is provided here.
JavaScript String Fixed Method Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta content="text/html;charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type">
<meta content="utf-8" http-equiv="encoding">
<title>JavaScript String Fixed Method Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<script>
var MyText = "Sample Text With the Fixed HTML Tag";
var MyHTML = MyText.fixed();
document.write(MyHTML);
</script>
</body>
</html>The code above produces a blank HTML document with the following HTML:
<tt>Sample Text With the Fixed HTML Tag</tt>Alternative to Using the fixed() Method using CSS
Even though the most commonly used browsers treat the fixed method consistently, it is still better to avoid potential issues by creating the needed HTML code inside a string and then inserting that HTML into the DOM.
Example JavaScript fixed() Method Alternative:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta content="text/html;charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type">
<meta content="utf-8" http-equiv="encoding">
<title>JavaScript String Fixed() Method Alternative</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>An Example of How To Generate HTML With a TT Tag Alternative in JavaScript</h1>
<script>
var MyText = "Example of an alternative way to generate fixed text with HTML in JavaScript.";
var MyStyle = "<style>.fixed-text{font-family: monospace;}</style>";
var MyHTML = "<span class=\"fixed-text\">" + MyText + "</span>";
document.head.innerHTML += MyStyle;
document.body.innerHTML += MyHTML;
</script>
</body>
</html>Which will create the following HTML:
<span class="fixed-text">Example of an alternative way to generate fixed text with HTML in JavaScript.</span>The example will also insert the following CSS style into the document’s header:
<style>.fixed-text{font-family: monospace;}</style>The Pure HTML & CSS Alternative
In the case that JavaScript can be completely avoided, an inline style can be used to set text to fixed with.
<span style="font-family: monospace">Example of an alternative way to generate fixed text with HTML in JavaScript.</span>Using the fixed() Method With An Argument
The fixed method does not take an argument, but passing an argument to it does not generate an error message. This behavior is consistent with other string methods that do not expect an argument.
MyText.fixed("this text passed as an argument does nothing");Using the fixed() Method Without a Variable
It is worth mentioning that the fixed method can be called on a string that is not stored in a variable.
The following code will work but is discouraged because it can be confusing to read.
document.write('Fixed Width Text'.fixed());JavaScript will determine that the text within the quotes is a string and apply the fixed() method to it.