TEMPLATE Procedure: Creating a Style Template

Style Attributes Tables

For detailed information about these style attributes and their aliases, see Detailed Information for All Style Attributes.

Table of General Style Attributes

Attribute	Task	Destinations	Affected Items
ABSTRACT= ON \| OFF	Specify whether styles used in an HTML document are used in CSS or LaTex style files	Markup family	HTML documents
ACTIVELINKCOLOR=color	Specify the color that a link in an HTML document changes to after you click it, but before the browser opens that file	Markup family	HTML documents
ASIS=ON \| OFF	Specify how to handle leading spaces and line breaks in an HTML document	Markup family, printer family, and RTF	Cells and HTML documents
BACKGROUNDCOLOR= color	Specify the color of the background of tables, cells, or graphs	Markup family, printer family, and RTF	Cells, tables, graphs
BACKGROUNDIMAGE="string"	Specify an image to use as the background	Markup family, PCL, and PS	Cells, tables, graphs
BACKGROUNDPOSITION=position	Specify the position of the background of the tables, cells, or graphs.	Markup family, printer family, and RTF	Tables, graphs, and HTML documents
BACKGROUNDREPEAT= option	Specify whether an image is repeated horizontally, vertically, both, or not repeated	Markup family	Individual tables or cells, graphs
BODYSCROLLBAR=YES \| NO \| AUTO	Specify whether to put a scroll bar in the frame that references the body file	Markup family	Individual frames in HTML output
BODYSIZE= dimension \| dimension% \| *	Specify the width of the frame that displays the body file in the HTML frame file	Markup family	Individual frames in HTML output
BORDERBOTTOMCOLOR=color	Specify the color of the bottom border of the table	Markup family, printer family, RTF, and Measured RTF	Bottom border of a table
BORDERBOTTOMSTYLE= line-style	Specify the line style of the bottom border of the selected cell	Markup family, RTF, and Measured RTF	Bottom border of a cell
BORDERBOTTOMWIDTH=dimension	Specify the width of the bottom border of the table	Markup family, printer family, RTF, and Measured RTF	Bottom border of a table
BORDERCOLLAPSE= COLLAPSE \| SEPARATE	Specify whether the border is collapsed or separated	Markup family, printer family, RTF, and Measured RTF	Tables
BORDERCOLOR= color	Specify the color of the border in a table or cell if the border is just one color	Markup family, printer family, RTF, and Measured RTF	Individual tables or cells
BORDERCOLORDARK= color	Specify the darker color to use in a border that uses two colors to create a three-dimensional effect	Markup family and printer family	Individual tables or cells
BORDERCOLORLIGHT= color	Specify the lighter color to use in a border that uses two colors to create a three-dimensional effect	Markup family and printer family	Individual tables or cells
BORDERLEFTCOLOR=color	Specify the color of the left border of a table	Markup family, printer family, RTF, and Measured RTF	Left border of a table
BORDERLEFTSTYLE= line-style	Specify the line style of the left border of the specified cell	Markup family, RTF, and Measured RTF	Left border of the specified cell
BORDERLEFTWIDTH=dimension	Specify the width of the left border of the table	Markup family, printer family, RTF, and Measured RTF	Left border of a table
BORDERRIGHTCOLOR=color	Specify the color of the right border of the table	Markup family, printer family, RTF, and Measured RTF	Right border of a table
BORDERRIGHTSTYLE= line-style	Specify the line style of the right border of the selected cell	Markup family, RTF, and Measured RTF	Right border of the selected cell
BORDERRIGHTWIDTH=dimension	Specify the width of the right border of the table	Markup family, printer family, RTF, and Measured RTF	Right border of a table
BORDERSPACING=dimension	Specify the thickness of the spacing between cells in a table	Markup family, RTF, printer family	Tables
BORDERTOPCOLOR=color	Specify the color of the top border of the table	Markup family, printer family, RTF, and Measured RTF	Top border of a table
BORDERTOPSTYLE= line-style	Specify the line style of the top border of the specified cell	Markup family, RTF, and Measured RTF	Top border of the specified cell
BORDERTOPWIDTH=dimension	Specify the width of the top border of the table	Markup family, printer family, RTF, and Measured RTF	Top border of a table
BORDERWIDTH= dimension	Specify the width of the border of the table	Markup family, RTF, printer family	Individual tables or cells
CELLPADDING=dimension \| dimension%	Specify the amount of white space on each of the four sides of the content in a cell in the table	Markup family, RTF, printer family	Tables
CLASS="string"	Specify the name of the style sheet class to use in an HTML document for the table or cell	Markup family	Individual tables or cells
COLOR=color	Specify the color of the foreground in tables, cells, or graphs, which is primarily the color of text	Markup family, RTF, printer family	Individual tables or cells, graphs
CONTENTPOSITION=position	Specify the position, within the frame file, of the frames that display the contents and the page files	Markup family	Individual frames in HTML output
CONTENTSCROLLBAR=YES \| NO \|AUTO	Specify whether to put a scroll bar in the frames in the frame file that display the contents and the page files	Markup family	Individual frames in HTML output
CONTENTSIZE=dimension \| dimension % \| *	Specify the width of the frames in the frame file that display the contents and the page files	Markup family	Individual frames in HTML output
CONTENTTYPE="string"	Specify the value of the content type for pages in an HTML document that is sent directly to a web server rather than to a file	Markup family	Individual frames in HTML output
CONTRASTCOLOR=color	Specify the alternate colors for maps	Markup family, RTF, printer family	Graphs
DOCTYPE="string"	Specify the entire doctype declaration for the HTML document	Markup family	HTML documents
FILLRULEWIDTH= dimension	Place a rule of the specified width into the space around the text (or entire cell if there is no text) in a table where white space would otherwise appear	Printer family	HTML documents
FLYOVER="string"	Specify the text to show in a data tip for the cell	Markup family, PDF	Individual cells
FONT=font-definition	Specify a font definition to use in tables, cells, and graphs	Markup family, RTF, printer family	Individual tables or cells, graphs
FONTFAMILY="string-1<…, string-n>"	Specify the font to use in cells and graphs	Markup family, RTF, printer family	Individual tables or cells, graphs
FONTSIZE=dimension \| size	Specify the size of the font for tables, cells, and graphs	Markup family, RTF, printer family	Individual tables or cells, graphs
FONTSTYLE= ITALIC \| ROMAN \| SLANT	Specify the style of the font for tables, cells, and graphs	Markup family, RTF, printer family	Individual tables or cells, graphs
FONTWEIGHT= weight	Specify the font weight of tables, cells, and graphs	Markup family, RTF, printer family	Individual tables or cells, graphs
FONTWIDTH=relative-width	Specify the font width of tables, cells, and graphs compared to the width of the usual design of the table, cell, or graph	Markup family, RTF, printer family	Individual tables or cells, graphs
FRAME=frame-type	Specify the type of frame to use on a table	Markup family, RTF, printer family	Tables
FRAMEBORDER=ON \| OFF	Specify whether to put a border around the frame for an HTML file that uses frames	Markup family	Individual frames in HTML output
FRAMEBORDERWIDTH=dimension	Specify the width of the border around the frames for an HTML file that uses frames	Markup family	Individual frames in HTML output
FRAMESPACING=dimension	Specify the width of the space between frames for HTML that uses frames	Markup family	Individual frames in HTML output
HEIGHT=dimension	Specify the height of a cell, graph, or graphics in an HTML document ¹	Markup family, RTF, printer family	Cells, HTML documents, and graphs
HREFTARGET="target"	Specify the window or frame in which to open the target of the link	Markup family	Individual cells
HTMLID="string"	Specify an ID for the table or cell	Markup family	Individual tables or cells
HTMLSTYLE="string"	Specify individual attributes and values for a table or cell in an HTML document	Markup family	Individual tables or cells
IMAGE="string"	Specify the image to appear in a graph	Markup family, printer family, and RTF	Graphs
LINKCOLOR=color	Specify the color for the links in an HTML document that have not yet been visited	Markup family, printer family, and RTF	HTML documents
LISTENTRYANCHOR=ON \| OFF	Specify whether to make the entry in the table of contents a link to the body file	Markup family	HTML documents
LISTSTYLETYPE=string	Specify the string to use for the bullets in the contents file	Markup family	Individual frames in HTML output
MARGINBOTTOM= dimension	Specify the bottom margin for the HTML document	Markup family, printer family, and RTF	HTML documents
MARGINLEFT=dimension	Specify the left margin for the HTML document	Markup family, printer family, and RTF	HTML documents
MARGINRIGHT=dimension	Specify the right margin for the HTML document	Markup family, printer family, and RTF	HTML documents
MARGINTOP= dimension	Specify the top margin for the HTML document	Markup family, printer family, and RTF	HTML documents
NOBREAKSPACE= ON \| OFF	Specify how to handle space characters	Markup family, printer family, and RTF	Individual cells
OVERHANGFACTOR= nonnegative-number	Specify an upper limit for extending the width of the column in an HTML document	Markup family and printer family	HTML documents
PADDING=dimension \| dimension%	Specify the amount of white space between the content of the cell and the border	Markup family, RTF, printer family	Tables
PADDINGBOTTOM=dimension \| dimension%	Specify the amount of white space on the bottom of the content of the cell in the table	Markup family, RTF, printer family	Tables
PADDINGLEFT=dimension \| dimension%	Specify the amount of white space on the left side of the content of the cell in the table	Markup family, RTF, printer family	Tables
PADDINGRIGHT=dimension \| dimension%	Specify the amount of white space on the right side of the content of the cell in the table	Markup family, RTF, printer family	Tables
PADDINGTOP=dimension \| dimension%	Specify the amount of white space on the top of the content of the cell in the table	Markup family, RTF, printer family	Tables
PAGEBREAKHTML= "string"	Specify HTML to place at page breaks in an HTML document	Markup family	Tables, cells, and HTML documents
POSTHTML= "string"	Specify the HTML code to place after the table or cell	Markup family	Individual tables or cells
POSTIMAGE= "string" \| fileref	Specify an image to place before the table or cell	Markup family	Individual tables or cells
POSTTEXT= "string"	Specify text to place after the cell or table	Markup family, printer family, and RTF	Individual tables or cells
PREHTML="string"	Specify the HTML code to place before the table or cell	Markup family	Individual tables or cells
PREIMAGE= "string" \| fileref	Specify an image to place before the table or cell	Markup family, printer family, and RTF	Individual tables or cells
PRETEXT="string"	Specify text to place before the cell or table	Markup family, printer family, and RTF	Individual tables or cells
PROTECTSPECIALCHARS=ON \| OFF \| AUTO	Specify how less-than signs (<), greater-than signs (>), and ampersands (&) are interpreted in cells	Markup family, printer family, and RTF	Individual tables or cells
RULES=rule-type	Specify the types of rules to use in tables	Markup family, printer family, and RTF	Tables
STARTCOLOR= color	Specify the start fill color for a graph	HTML	Graphs
TAGATTR="string"	Specify text to insert in the HTML	Markup family	Individual cells
TEXTALIGN=alignment	Specify justification in tables, cells, and graphs	printer family and RTF	Individual tables or cells, graphs
TEXTDECORATION=presentation–options	Change the visual presentation of the text	Markup family, RTF, and printer family	Individual tables or cells
TEXTINDENT=n	Specify the number of spaces that the first line of output will be indented	Markup family, RTF, and printer family	Individual tables or cells
TEXTJUSTIFY= INTER_WORD \| INTER_CHARACTER	Specify if the words of the text are to be spaced evenly or if the characters are to be evenly justified	HTML, RTF, and TAGSETS.RTF	Titles, footnotes, and text
TRANSPARENCY=dimension	Specify a transparency level for graphs	HTML	Graphs
URL="uniform-resource-locator"	Specify a URL to link to	Markup family, RTF, and printer family	Individual cells
VERTICALALIGN= BOTTOM \| MIDDLE \| TOP	Specify vertical justification	Markup family, printer family, and RTF	Individual cells and graphs
VISITEDLINKCOLOR= color	Specify the color for links that have been visited in an HTML document	Markup family	HTML documents
WATERMARK= ON \| OFF	Specify whether to make the image that is specified by BACKGROUNDIMAGE= into a "watermark "	Markup family	HTML documents
WHITESPACE=options	Specify how the browser handles multiple white space characters and line breaks.	Markup family, printer family, RTF, and Measured RTF	Lines of text
WIDTH= dimension	Specify the width of a cell, table, line, or a graph	Markup family, printer family, and RTF	Tables

¹ This attribute can also be used to influence other characteristics as described in another section of the table

Note: You can use the value _UNDEF_ for any style attribute. ODS treats an attribute that is set to _UNDEF_ as if its value had never been set, even in the parent or beyond.

Graphical style attributes can be used in graphical style elements for device-based graphics or template-based graphics (ODS graphics). Different style attributes are valid for different style elements. For a table of style elements and the style attributes that are valid in each one, see Style Elements Affecting Template-Based Graphics and Style Elements Affecting Device-Based Graphics.

Device-based graphics are all SAS/GRAPH output where there is a user-specified or default device (DEVICE= option) that controls certain aspects of the graphical output. Supplied device drivers are stored in the Sashelp.Devices catalog. Examples of device drivers are SASPRTC, GIF, WIN, ACTIVEX, PDF, and SVG. Common SAS/GRAPH procedures that produce device-based graphics are GPLOT, GCHART, and GMAP. Most device-based graphics produce a GRSEG catalog entry as output and use the GOPTIONS statement to control the graphical environment.

Template-based graphics include all SAS/GRAPH output where a compiled ODS template of type STATGRAPH is used to produce graphical output. Supplied templates are stored in Sashelp.Tmplmst. Device drivers and some global statements such as SYMBOL, PATTERN, AXIS, and LEGEND have no affect on this form of graphics. Common SAS/GRAPH procedures that produce template-based graphics are SGPLOT, SGPANEL, and SGRENDER, in addition to many SAS/STAT, SAS/ETS, and SAS/QC procedures. ODS graphics always produce output as image files and use the ODS GRAPHICS statement to control the graphical environment.

Table of Graphical Style Attributes

Attribute	Task	Graphics Environment	Affected Items
BACKGROUNDIMAGE="string"	Specify an image file path	Device-based graphics	Image that can be stretched, but not positioned in graph, chart, walls, floor
CAPSTYLE=line-shape	Specify the shape of the line at the end of a box whisker graph	Template-based graphics	Shape of line at end of box whisker
COLOR=color	Specify the color of the foreground in tables, cells, or graphs, which is primarily the color of text	All graphics environments	Background color of the graph, walls, or floor; color of text
CONNECT=connect-line-type	Specify characteristics of a box plot connect line	Template-based graphics	Box plot connect line
CONTRASTCOLOR=color	Specify the color a line or marker	Template-based graphics	Color of line or marker
DISPLAYOPTS="display-feautre"	Specify display features for graphs	Template-based graphics	Displayed features of box plots, ellipses, histograms, bands
DROPSHADOW= ON \| OFF	Specify whether the drop shadow color for text is displayed	Device-based graphics	Drop shadow color for text
ENDCOLOR=color	Specify the final color used with a two- or three-color ramp	All graphics environments	Contours, gradient legends
FONT=font-definition	Specify a font definition to use in tables, cells, and graphs	All graphics environments	All text font attributes
FONTFAMILY="string-1<…, string-n>"	Specify the font to use in cells and graphs	All graphics environments	Font family
FONTSIZE=dimension \| size	Specify the size of the font for tables, cells, and graphs	All graphics environments	Font size
FONTSTYLE= ITALIC \| ROMAN \| SLANT	Specify the style of the font for tables, cells, and graphs	All graphics environments	Font style
FONTSTYLE= ITALIC \| ROMAN \| SLANT	Specify the font weight of tables, cells, and graphs	All graphics environments	Font weight
FRAMEBORDER=ON \| OFF	Specify whether there is a graph wall border	All graphics environments	Graph wall border
GRADIENT_DIRECTION= "YAXIS" \| "XAXIS "	Specify the direction of the gradient	Device-based graphics	Graph background, legend background, charts, walls, floors
IMAGE="string"	Specify the path to an image	Device-based graphics	Image that can be positioned, but not stretched in graph, chart, walls, floor
LINESTYLE=pattern-number	Specify the pattern of a line	All graphics environments	Borders, axis lines, grid, reference
LINETHICKNESS=dimension	Specify the thickness of a line	All graphics environments	Thickness of line
MARKERSIZE=dimension	Specify a marker size	All graphics environments	Marker size
MARKERSYMBOL=marker-symbol	Specify a marker symbol	All graphics environments	Marker used
NEUTRALCOLOR=color	Specify the middle color of a three-color ramp	Template-based graphics	Contours, gradient legends
OUTPUTHEIGHT=dimension	Specify the height of a graph	All graphics environments	Height of graph
OUTPUTWIDTH=dimension	Specify the width of a graph	All graphics environments	Width of graph
STARTCOLOR= color	Specify the start fill color for a graph	All graphics environments	Contours, gradient legends
TEXTALIGN=alignment	Specify the alignment of an image	Device-based graphics	Image horizontal positioning
TICKDISPLAY= "INSIDE" \| "OUTSIDE" \| "ACROSS"	Specify the placement of all major and minor axis tick marks	Template-based graphics	Placement of all axis tick marks, major and minor
TRANSPARENCY=dimension	Specify the transparency of backgrounds, fills, lines, and markers	All graphics environments	Backgrounds, fills, lines, markers
VERTICALALIGN= BOTTOM \| MIDDLE \| TOP	Specify vertical justification	Device-based graphics	Image vertical positioning