ST_PTabLeader (Absolute Position Tab Leader Character)

This simple type specifies the characters which may be used to fill in the space created by a positional tab. This character shall be repeated as required to completely fill the tab spacing generated by the positional tab character.

[Example: Consider a positional tab stop which should be preceded by a sequence of underscore characters, as follows:

______________Text at the positional tab stop

This tab stop would have a leader attribute value of underscore, indicating that the tab stop shall be preceded by underscore characters as needed to fill the tab spacing. end example]

This simple type's contents are a restriction of the XML Schema string datatype.

The following are possible enumeration values for this type:

Enumeration Value	Description
dot (Dot Leader Character)	Specifies that the leader character for this positional tab stop shall be a dot. [Example: Text at absolute tab. end example]
hyphen (Hyphen Leader Character)	Specifies that the leader character for this positional tab stop shall be a hyphen. [Example: Text at absolute tab. end example]
middleDot (Centered Dot Leader Character)	Specifies that the leader character for this positional tab stop shall be a centered dot. [Example: Text at absolute tab. end example]
none (No Leader Character)	Specifies that there shall be no leader character for this positional tab. [Example: Text at absolute tab. end example]
underscore (Underscore Leader Character)	Specifies that the leader character for this positional tab stop shall be an underscore. [Example: Text at absolute tab. end example]

Referenced By

ptab@leader (§2.3.3.22)

The following XML Schema fragment defines the contents of this simple type:

</restriction>

</simpleType>