PyQt4 Richtext Supported HTML Subset

Supported HTML Subset

The following table lists the HTML tags supported by Qt's rich text engine:

Tag	Description	Comment
a	Anchor or link	Supports the href and name attributes.
address	Address
b	Bold
big	Larger font
blockquote	Indented paragraph
body	Document body	Supports the bgcolor attribute, which can be a Qt color name or a #RRGGBB color specification.
br	Line break
center	Centered paragraph
cite	Inline citation	Same as i.
code	Code	Same as tt.
dd	Definition data
dfn	Definition	Same as i.
div	Document division	Supports the standard block attributes.
dl	Definition list	Supports the standard block attributes.
dt	Definition term	Supports the standard block attributes.
em	Emphasized	Same as i.
font	Font size, family, and/or color	Supports the following attributes: size, face, and color (Qt color names or #RRGGBB).
h1	Level 1 heading	Supports the standard block attributes.
h2	Level 2 heading	Supports the standard block attributes.
h3	Level 3 heading	Supports the standard block attributes.
h4	Level 4 heading	Supports the standard block attributes.
h5	Level 5 heading	Supports the standard block attributes.
h6	Level 6 heading	Supports the standard block attributes.
head	Document header
hr	Horizontal line	Supports the width attribute, which can be specified as an absolute or relative (%) value.
html	HTML document
i	Italic
img	Image	Supports the src, source (for Qt 3 compatibility), width, and height attributes.
kbd	User-entered text
meta	Meta-information	If a text encoding is specified using the meta tag, it is picked up by Qt::codecForHtml(). Likewise, if an encoding is specified to QTextDocument::toHtml(), the encoding is stored using a meta tag, for example:
li	List item
nobr	Non-breakable text
ol	Ordered list	Supports the standard list attributes.
p	Paragraph	Left-aligned by default. Supports the standard block attributes.
pre	Preformated text
qt	Qt rich-text document	Synonym for html. Provided for compatibility with earlier versions of Qt.
s	Strikethrough
samp	Sample code	Same as tt.
small	Small font
span	Grouped elements
strong	Strong	Same as b.
sub	Subscript
sup	Superscript
table	Table	Supports the following attributes: border, bgcolor (Qt color names or #RRGGBB), cellspacing, cellpadding, width (absolute or relative), and height.
tbody	Table body	Does nothing.
td	Table data cell	Supports the standard table cell attributes.
tfoot	Table footer	Does nothing.
th	Table header cell	Supports the standard table cell attributes.
thead	Table header	If the thead tag is specified, it is used when printing tables that span multiple pages.
title	Document title	The value specified using the title tag is available through QTextDocument::metaInformation().
tr	Table row	Supports the bgcolor attribute, which can be a Qt color name or a #RRGGBB color specification.
tt	Typewrite font
u	Underlined
ul	Unordered list	Supports the standard list attributes.
var	Variable	Same as i.

Block Attributes

The following attributes are supported by the div, dl, dt, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p tags:

• align (left, right, center, justify)
• dir (ltr, rtl)

List Attributes

The following attribute is supported by the ol and ul tags:

• type (1, a, A, square, disc, circle)

Table Cell Attributes

The following attributes are supported by the td and th tags:

• width (absolute, relative, or no-value)
• bgcolor (Qt color names or #RRGGBB)
• colspan
• rowspan

CSS Properties

The following table lists the CSS properties supported by Qt's rich text engine:

Property	Values	Description
background-color		Background color for elements
background-image		Background image for elements
color		Text foreground color
font-family		Font family name
font-size	[ small | medium | large | x-large | xx-large ] | pt | px	Font size relative to the document font, or specified in points or pixels
font-style	[ normal | italic | oblique ]
font-weight	[ normal | bold | 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 600 | 700 | 800 | 900 ]	Specifies the font weight used for text, where normal and bold are mapped to the corresponding QFont weights. Numeric values are 8 times the equivalent QFont weight values.
text-decoration	none | [ underline || overline || line-through ]	Additional text effects
font	[ [ <'font-style'> || <'font-weight'> ]? <'font-size'> <'font-family'> ]	Font shorthand property
text-indent	px	First line text indentation in pixels
white-space	normal | pre | nowrap | pre-wrap	Declares how whitespace in HTML is handled.
margin-top	px	Top paragraph margin in pixels
margin-bottom	px	Bottom paragraph margin in pixels
margin-left	px	Left paragraph margin in pixels
margin-right	px	Right paragraph margin in pixels
vertical-align	baseline | sub | super	Vertical text alignment
background	[ <'background-color'> || <'background-image'> ]	Background shorthand property
page-break-before	[ auto | always ]	Make it possible to enforce a page break before the paragraph/table
page-break-after	[ auto | always ]	Make it possible to enforce a page break after the paragraph/table

Supported CSS Selectors

All CSS 2.1 selector classes are supported except pseudo-class selectors such as :first-child, :visited and :hover.