mlreportgen.dom.HorizontalRule Class

Namespace: mlreportgen.dom

Horizontal line between report content

Description

Horizontal line to visually separate report content in a report. You can append a HorizontalRule object to these objects:

• mlreportgen.dom.Document

• mlreportgen.dom.DocumentPart

• mlreportgen.dom.TableEntry

• mlreportgen.dom.Group

• mlreportgen.dom.Container

The mlreportgen.dom.HorizontalRule class is a handle class.

Creation

Description

horizontalRuleObj = HorizontalRule creates an unspecified horizontal line.

Properties

Border — Line style for horizontal rule

[] (default) | "dashed" | "dashdotstroked" | "dashsmallgap" | ...

Line style for horizontal rule, specified as one of these values.

Border Style	Description	Supported in Microsoft® Word	Supported in HTML and PDF
"dashed"	Dashed line	yes	yes
"dashdotstroked"	Line with alternating diagonal dashes and dot	yes	yes
"dashsmallgap"	Dashed line with a small gap between dashes	yes	yes
"dotted"	Dotted line	yes	yes
"dotdash"	Line with alternating dots and dashes	yes	no
"dotdotdash"	Line with alternating double dots and a dash	yes	no
"double"	Double line	yes	yes
"doublewave"	Double wavy line	yes	no
"groove"	3-D effect grooved line	no	yes
"hidden"	No line When there is a conflicting border style, the "hidden" border style takes precedence over the conflicting border style, which results in no line displaying.	no	yes
"inset"	3-D effect line	no	yes
"none"	No line When there is a conflicting border style, the conflicting border style takes precedence over "none", which results in the conflicting border style displaying.	yes	yes
"outset"	3-D effect line	yes	yes
"ridge"	3-D effect ridged line	no	yes
"single"	Single line	yes	yes
"solid"	Single line	no	yes
"thick"	Thick line	yes	no
"thickthinlargegap"	Dashed line with alternating thick and thin dashes with a large gap	yes	no
"thickthinmediumgap"	Dashed line with alternating thick and thin dashes with a medium gap	yes	no
"thickthinsmallgap"	Dashed line with alternating thick and thin dashes with a small gap	yes	no
"thinthicklargegap"	Dashed line with alternating thin and thick dashes with a large gap	yes	no
"thinthickmediumgap"	Dashed line with alternating thin and thick dashes with a medium gap	yes	no
"thinthicksmallgap"	Dashed line with alternating thin and thick dashes with a small gap	yes	no
"thinthickthinlargegap"	Dashed line with alternating thin and thick dashes with a large gap	yes	no
"thinthickthinmediumgap"	Dashed line with alternating thin and thick dashes with a medium gap	yes	no
"thinthickthinsmallgap"	Dashed line with alternating thin and thick dashes with a small gap	yes	no
"threedemboss"	Embossed effect line	yes	no
"threedengrave"	Engraved effect line	yes	no
"triple"	Triple line	yes	no
"wave"	Wavy line	yes	no

Note

For Microsoft Word reports, when you assign an mlreportgen.dom.Border object to the Style property of an mlreportgen.dom.TableHeaderEntry, mlreportgen.dom.TableEntry, or mlreportgen.dom.HorizontalRule object, the reporter does not support "inset" or "outset" styles for this property.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public
NonCopyable	true

Data Types: char | string

BorderColor — Color of line

[] (default) | character vector | string scalar

Color of the line, specified as a character vector or string scalar. You can specify:

• The name of a color. The name must be a CSS color name. See https://www.w3.org/wiki/CSS/Properties/color/keywords.

• A hexadecimal RGB (truecolor) value as #RRGGBB. For example, #0000ff is a shade of blue.

Attributes:

NonCopyable

true

Data Types: char | string

BorderWidth — Width of line

[] (default) | character vector | string scalar

Width of line, specified as character vector or string scalar that contains a number followed by an abbreviation for a unit of measurement. For example, "10px" specifies 10 pixels. Valid abbreviations are:

• "px" — Pixels

• "cm" — Centimeters

• "in" — Inches

• "mm" — Millimeters

• "pc" — Picas

• "pt" — Points

Example: "5pt"

Attributes:

NonCopyable

true

Data Types: char | string

BackgroundColor — Background color of line

[] (default) | character vector | string scalar

Background color of the line, specified as a character vector or string scalar. You can specify:

• The name of a color. The name must be a CSS color name. See https://www.w3.org/wiki/CSS/Properties/color/keywords.

• A hexadecimal RGB (truecolor) value as #RRGGBB. For example, #0000ff is a shade of blue.

Note

This property applies only to HTML reports.

Attributes:

NonCopyable

true

Data Types: char | string

StyleName — Name of stylesheet-defined style

[] (default) | character vector | string scalar

Name of stylesheet-defined style, specified as a character vector or string scalar. The style name is the name of a style specified in the style sheet of the document or document part to which this element is appended. The specified style defines the appearance of this element in the output document unless the formats specified by the Style property of this element override it. To learn more about using style sheets, see Use Style Sheet Styles.

Note

Microsoft Word reports ignore style names that are not defined in the document template. For more information on Microsoft Word templates, seeTemplates for DOM API Report Programs.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public
NonCopyable	true

Data Types: char | string

Style — Format specification

{} (default) | array of DOM format objects

Format specification for this document element object, specified as an array of DOM format objects. The formats specified by this property override corresponding formats specified by the StyleName property of this element. Formats that do not apply to this document element object are ignored.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public
NonCopyable	true

Tag — Tag

character vector | string scalar

Tag, specified as a character vector or string scalar. The DOM API generates a session-unique tag as part of the creation of this object. The generated tag has the form CLASS:ID, where CLASS is the object class and ID is the value of the Id property of the object. Use this value to help identify where an issue occurs during document generation.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public
NonCopyable	true

Data Types: char | string

Id — Object identifier

character vector | string scalar

Object identifier, specified as a character vector or string scalar. The DOM API generates a session-unique identifier when it creates the document element object.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public
NonCopyable	true

Data Types: char | string

Methods

Public Methods

Method	Purpose
clone Use HorizontalRule.clone in a similar way to how you use Paragraph.clone.	Copy horizontal line.

Examples

Add a Horizontal Rule

import mlreportgen.dom.*;
doctype = "html";
d = Document("horizontalRule",doctype);
p1 = Paragraph("Top content");
append(d,p1);

hr = HorizontalRule();
hr.Border = "dotted";
hr.BorderColor = "blue";
append(d,hr);

p2 = Paragraph("Bottom content");
append(d,p2);

close(d);
rptview(d.OutputPath);

Version History

Introduced in R2015b

R2021a: Background Color Not Supported for PDF Reports

Starting in R2021a, you cannot specify the background color of a horizontal rule in a PDF report.